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Sport Climbing to be Prohibited in Tasmanian WHA 21-Jan-2015 At 5:10:03 PM kieranl

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On 21/01/2015 johny wrote:

>So you think its "nice" if there are areas free of bolts. Ok this is the
>first thing you said that makes any sense. I think its good that some areas
>are gear only. Almost always, bolted anchors are necessary or you just
>end up with a bunch of crap that people rap off of or force dangerous eroding
>decents. Also hand drilling a couple bolts while new routeing ground up
>is about as "trad" as you can get (trad climbing being a completely bullshit
>made-up term by the way) but this would apparently require the permission
>of some fat ass bureaucrat now. Glad you approve.

If James' OP is correct "occasional" hand-drilled anchors on climbs don't require approval but approval is required to use a power-drill or to place permanent anchors for canyoning. Does it make sense to slice-and-dice that way? I've no problem with the power-drill restrictions, not that I'm qualified to have an opinion as I've probably done my last climb in the Tassie WHA, but canyoners might find the need to get permission a bit discriminatory.