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Fully sick bolt wars at Araps 15-May-2016 At 4:02:05 PM Eduardo Slabofvic

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On 15/05/2016 Macciza wrote:
> The bolts on such routes are essentially artificial aids to be
>eliminated, same as it always was. Particularly in areas generally regarded
>as bastions of trad-dom like Araps.

No disrespect intended here, but the one thing that should be abundantly clear from this tread discussion is that there will never be any form of consensus reached on bolting - particularly on this site.

Parks Vic needs to step up to the plate and start dishing out the fines to all those using power drills on land they manage.

Make the bolters use a tap and turn bit.

This would have the duel effect of putting downward pressure on the number of bolts being placed, and also ensure that a goodly number of those bolts placed will be poorly installed (even more than they are now!), so injecting a bit of spice back into art of climbing.

I recommend Parks Vic employ someone with a balanced view on all climbing related matters in the known universe to oversee the program. I vote Drain Drunk/gnagwepS for the position.