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The Irish Solution to The Ben Lomond Problem 11-Oct-2017 At 7:39:36 AM uwhp510

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On 10-Oct-2017 Wendy wrote:
>Yep, but it is not inevitable that an abseil station will lead to bolts.

Correct. Nothing is inevitable, and no-one is arguing in favour of that particular strawman.

The argument is that the presence of bolted rap anchors increases the likelihood (even if only very slightly) that someone will decide that either;

a) more rap anchors are warranted and/or
b) bolts on routes are fine

As Karl points out, there will naturally a spectrum of opinions on whether its reasonable to accept this increased risk of bolt proliferation for the added convenience, but surely everyone can agree that a strict "no bolts at all" policy is more likely to prevent unwanted bolting than a "no bolts... except these couple over here that are needed for convenience" policy.