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Fixed gear guidelines in the Grampians 17-May-2018 At 7:33:06 AM Wendy

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On 16-May-2018 One Day Hero wrote:
>On 16-May-2018 Wendy wrote:
>>I agree, it would be dumb.
>
>Cool, so two people who still have function brains, and aren't slaves
>to an obsessive new-routing disorder agree that Golden Fleece wall is full.
>Maybe we can build on this?

did you just say i don't have an obssessive routing disorder?

>Note that I'm not suggesting a "no bolting ever ever" rule. Instead, it's
>saying "hey, this isn't terra nullius. A lot of people have looked at this
>and elected not to bolt. Please consult publicly before you place bolts
>here."
>
>
>>So you have picked a 50 m section of cliff out of how many many kms of
>>cliff around here?
>
>Did I stutter? I thought I said start with the easy ones. Golden Fleece
>wall was the first example which popped into my head. I would also suggest
>New Image Wall, Uncle Charlie, and Yesterday Gully......although Gareth
>and Doug might disagree given their recent pieces of shi.....I mean classic
>bolted link-ups.

I think the bolted ones in those spots might be gareth's. Douglas's world famous link up with less than a body length of new climbing on NI wall is all trad.

I think you might need to start your own thread about new development guidelines at araps though, as this is meant to be about the grampians. i have this theory that you could just summarise your position with "every major area at araps covered by the select guide" and save yourself listing them individually, which seems a tedious enough job, and it's way less work than the individual crag approach to the grampians. I have a bunch of obscure cliffs in mind for when i can climb again, so you can be reassured they are not squished into full crags.