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VCC and ACAV, together on the sand??? 21-Sep-2019 At 11:57:48 AM dave_s

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On 21-Sep-2019 nmonteith wrote:
>
>this was what your President first said on national radio:
>
>Paula Toal - "Climbers in ignorance have gone into places where we have
>done harm. That really upsets me."
>
>Journo - "Did any of you, before this year, have any understanding of
>the cultural heritage of this place?"
>
>Paula Toal - "No, i wasn't personally aware"
>
>Mark Gould - "I experienced complete surprise in the beginning, gone through
>some sort of confusion, into anger and now I'm feeling, probably the strongest
>feeling is a sense of almost guilt and shame"

Yes, and that's an entirely appropriate response. Refusing to accept responsibility, and instead pushing the blame onto Parks is NOT what traditional owners want to hear. Native Title is coming, and climbers need to admit to TOs that we have be climbing and have been bolting the rock without consent. Without that, it seems unlikely that we'll ever be permitted back in.

Whereas this was the response to Mike attempting to blame Parks Vic. Subsequent comments suggested Mike had been attempting to contact TOs and was being ignored.