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Fully sick bolt wars at Araps 9-May-2016 At 7:45:11 AM Wendy

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I want to apologise for the whinging pom comment. I was continuing the pom reference in line with Damo's original post to preserve the anonymity of the person and the whinging slipped in because I was upset at the original action and then the angry, insulting and threatening emails I received about it.

This whole drama could have been avoided if the person had just contacted me to say they were upset about the bolts, did not think they were necessary and was passionate about doing the route as it was. I am not at all invested in the route. Those bolts have been on several people's to do list for 6 months, I was just the one who got around to it. I would have been happy to check with Glenn what his preference was and have the bolts removed if that was the conclusion. I still think they are reasonable. I can always fudge gear into it on abseil if I want to do it but the route will probably languish back into obscurity if you have to fudge it or head point it.