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Fully sick bolt wars at Araps 25-May-2016 At 5:03:02 PM One Day Hero

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On 24/05/2016 simey wrote:
>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.

Nope, this lame logic could be applied all over the mount to retrobolt worthless routes which should just be left to the moss. What I don't get is why Wendy felt the need to retro this route, but not Copyright Direct which seems to have exactly the same gear situation (bouldery unprotected start followed by hard to place fiddley stuff). Why does every route have to be approachable ground up by a leader maxing at the grade? Is there a lack of good safe 25s at Araps?

The best bit of this thread is K man quoting Edward James Olmos