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Ethics / First Ascents 20-Aug-2012 At 9:00:02 AM davidn

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I get the open project thing, but I think that's a secondary issue.

If it's a friend, why wouldn't you get in contact with them and suggest it should be done without an added bolted belay and talk about the fact you were keen to have a go? Instead, you went ahead and sent it in the style you prefer in order to send that message to Monique (and the "world"). That doesn't seem like something friends would do. Were you scared that she would ask you to stay off?

Would any of you not feel a bit insulted if a friend sent a line you were working - that they knew you were working - without bothering to talk to you beforehand?

It's certainly not the end of the world, but it's not the most gentlemanly approach either.