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Grampians Access 21-Feb-2019 At 11:21:28 AM E. Wells

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You know when someone loses theyre job because they attended an annual christmas party dressed as a climber , I dont call that 'progressive'. You are most certainly not the only indigenous climber on the continent , and yes , I do agree that many outdoor pursuits reek of colonial conquest and eliteism , even moreso now as the gear becomes so expensive. Many bolters spend vast amounts of time in solitude in very beautiful and special places and do retain a reverence and respect for the wild places , but fail to grasp the specific consequence of adding stainless steel to a slowly decaying 180,000,000 year old sedimentary deposit. I can visualise lunches being sprayed across desks as I state this , but I believe the reaction of repulsion and disdain when someone notices bolts in a cliff to be one peculiar to the colonist agrophobe also. How dare others have trodden here before me and found pleasure in altering my garden of eden! Cast them to the serpents!