Actually, the article cited is in the 1972 Chouinard Equipment Catalogue. Patagonia (Chouinard's clothing company) was not formed until 1973. The seminal article about clean climbing was written by Doug Robinson not Chouinard. Glad I got that off my chest. In comparison to the latest proposals by the Tasmanian government to open up the WHA for tourist development, any curtailing of activity by climbers seems like small bikkies. On the other hand, I would hate to hear a power drill anywhere where I was walking or climbing, in or out of the WHA. |