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Grampians Access 2019 9-Mar-2019 At 6:20:08 PM Rawpowa!

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On 9-Mar-2019 jrc wrote:
>View from an occasional nsw visitor who appreciates Gariwerd - since 1967
>- James, I wouldn’t push it. If what you want to do needs a bolt maybe
>Climb something else for now. Read what PV wrote.
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>SPZs can grow faster than climbers. Weve seen that in the last month.
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>I suspect the “we’re climbers - we know what we are doing - f you - we
>will merrily bolt whatever” might just have worn a bit thin with authorities
>and indigenous groups. Btw We are no better here in nsw maybe just luckier
>- for the moment.
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>Pilots who fly under the radar live longer ( unless they fly into the
>radar mast).
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Yes I agree John, maybe this was a negotiating tactic with the new management plan coming up. But I think there needs to be serious discussion about a ban on new routes in the Grampians. Let's face it anything that goes up now isn't going to be the killer lines. I guess it would mean maybe the climbing was limited at the cutting edge of climbing, but the route that apparently sparked this at Black Ian's was a woeful filler route that could have been protected with boulder pads and wouldn't have been climbed by anyone with half a brain after seeing the art there. Is it really worth poking the bear over these routes?