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Havachatwithhexy... 2-Jan-2006 At 8:56:37 PM The HEX

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robin
2/01/2006
>As a climber I believed that historical fixed protection should be left in place providing >there was other adequate protection available.

>However a parks vic. manager bought me back to reality. We were looking at replacing >unsafe fixed protection at a climbing crag. He/she was agreable (unofficially) to me >replacing unsafe fixed protection but not adding any more bolts. When I showed >him/her a historical piton that was no longer needed and I said it should be retained >for 'historical' purposes the (unofficial) parks vic respose was 'would you be prepared to >expain the historical significance to a coroner'...

OK ... now in all seriousness... I think itz time we had a few 'fenced-off' climbs ... maybe Procul Harem(26) ... well visited crag ... lots of general public ... howbout we fence-off the base of the climb and build a viewing platform in front of the fence... with explainitory notes ... piccyz of Baxter and Kim on F & FFAz ... 20c slot-machine-telescope to spy the carrots and chalk in detail ............................Coke/Hexy-doll dispenser............10%-discount-leaflets for World Climbing;-)

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