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The Eyrie, Mt Boyce retrobolted! Badly... 6-Jan-2017 At 4:02:54 PM Duang Daunk

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On 6/01/2017 voodoo wrote:
>So if you think that's (this site) meaningfully representative of this country's climbing
>community then well I don't know what to say.

voodoo bro, what better site is representative of this country's climbing, or would you rather see a tick and cross list put up in a gym somewhere?

What's your opinion on the retro matter as you haven't made that clear either?
I strongly think you agree with timfreddo's original action and are now dissing the outcome as it went against you and your Trump style politics because the vote was rigged but just not the way you expected!

timfreddo bro, maybe have a look at older threads on Chocky about past bolting controversies to get informed about the counter arguments to the points you raised in your original post, as I suspect that some of them were neglected to be fleshed out in the sheer outcry against the action you took. There are quite a few examples where debate raged and most points of view were expressed clearly. Ones that come to mind are, mikl retroing Cornerstone Rib in the 'Bungles, simey retroing Dribble at the 'Piles, joe retroing Mackeys at Buffalo, some outdoor rec bloke retroing The Pintle at Buffalo, along with other examples no doubt before my time here.

And for the record, I disagree with the retroing of The Eyrie, and am glad the bolts have been chopped.

I also half choked on my coffee when I read the SRC bro post suggesting consider safety first before chopping, because right up front Macca indicated the situation would be remedied swiftly (repeat swiftly), and the retro kind of smacked of precedent set, so now we debate safety instead of the real issue of dealing with the retro.