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The Irish Solution to The Ben Lomond Problem 25-Jan-2018 At 8:19:58 PM ima.seriousyoungliza

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.....oh very good....glad someone spotted the piton anomaly...

OK....G-BANGA.....IF UR FAIR DINKUM ABOUT ALL THIS.... THEN THIS SUMMER...YOU NEED TO REMOVE THAT PITON AND THOSE BLOODY TUBE CHOCKS PUT IN BY FANTINI........PEOPLE CAN BORROW THEM OFF YOU AND PLACE EM ON LEAD ....

...OK ...according to this there is only one now.....makes the ' decision' even easier...

Fantini's Offwidth aka Pipeline 45m 22
Climb the "hideous" west-facing offwidth past a specially made tube (there used to be two, but one has fallen out or otherwise vanished. Starts as a hand and then fist crack, but quickly gets into the swing of things.
J.Fantini, 1980's.

...THERE IS NO ROOM FOR SQEAMISH SENTAMENTALITY......ROCK A DAY JOHNNY SHOULDA KNOWN BETTER ...AND NOT LEFT THEM THERE.....ITS GOTTA GO....