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The Eyrie, Mt Boyce retrobolted! Badly... 3-Jan-2017 At 10:17:30 AM technogeekery

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I'm really surprised that anyone could think it acceptable to retro-bolt a much loved classic without any consultation. timfreddo, great that you are quick to accept ownership of this and have accepted consensus view regarding removal of your retro-bolts. It is not really clear whether Macca and Paul have repaired the bolt holes when they chopped this - perhaps you could check and if they have not, please make every effort to hide the holes / rock damage.

Hopefully you'll thoroughly canvas opinion before considering rebolting or retrobolting any existing climb in future. You'll have seen from the comments here that there MAY be some support for considering resurrecting old climbs that are never done because of combo of low grade / no pro by judiciously adding a bolt or two - I can think of a few obscurities in the Boyce area that could be candidates. But few of them are worthwhile climbs - the good ones are regularly climbed and enjoyed as they are.