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Pioneers of Tassie's Best Climbs 13-Sep-2016 At 2:32:52 PM One Day Hero

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Ooh, this one will be good.

Look Gez, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. I actually really like your guide, most of your routes which I've done, and appreciate how much work went into both. However, Blackwood Rocks getting bolted, let alone being in the selected best of Tassie? Come on mate, that one was a bit of a slip up.

The thing which kicked this whole thing off (I mean after the bit where you discovered how to search in excel), is the preposterous idea that one new route equals one run on the board. Honestly, your ten or twenty best first ascents are probably worth more to the climbing community than three hundred of the "least classic" ones.

I've always been impressed by climbers who maintain a high percentage of quality in their new routes. If the potential is there, they develop. If not, they walk away and let the shit-vultures pick at whats left. How many crap routes have Giles, HB, Steve Monks, Crunch, and Fants put up between them?