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Three Sisters declared an Aboriginal Place 25-Jan-2014 At 8:35:01 AM simey

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On 20/01/2014 Damo666 wrote:
>On 20/01/2014 sbm wrote:
>>When I started climbing the Three Sisters were already long closed. Was
>>the West Wall really that good or is it just old dudes reminiscing.
>>
>>Never felt any real desire to climb in full view of Echo Point, honestly
>>the sightseers can have it. There's plenty of other choss pagodas to
>scramble
>>up.
>
>Maybe just old dudes reminiscing. But it was a better line than Sweet
>Dreams, more climbing than Tom Thumb, and longer than either. It took you
>to a real 'summit', no easy thing in NSW. Access was an easy 20 min or
>so, getting off even quicker. Don't know what climbing in view of others
>has to do with anything.

Totally agree Damo. In fact for a state that has stuff-all in the way of worthwhile easier routes, the loss of West Wall and the Mantleshelf to climbers is significant.

Both routes are better than Sweet Dreams and Tom Thumb (which is shit).

Hopefully overzealous bans like this (and The Fear at North Head) don't deter all climbers from using some discretion and experiencing these classic routes.