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Fully sick bolt wars at Araps 24-May-2016 At 10:55:49 PM simey

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On 24/05/2016 kieranl wrote:
>It'd be interested to know if people are actually leading it or not.

I must admit that I still find this saga pretty weird. I still think that Wendy's actions of retro-bolting a long forgotten route have more validity than those who have removed her bolts. If the bolt pullers had shown some initiative and climbed the route and extolled its virtues before Wendy arrived on the scene, then it would be a different story, but they didn't.

I don't have any personal experience with the route so I can't give an opinion regarding the natural protection and whether it suits the climb (or not) for ground-up attempts. But if most of the recent ascents are after top-rope rehearsal or rap inspection then I reckon the action of removing the bolts and claiming the high moral ground is very dubious.