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Climb Tasmania Selected Best Guide Out Now 26-Jan-2006 At 7:32:47 AM robin

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On 26/01/2006 simey wrote
>The idea that guidebook editors need to rewrite route descriptions
>purely for copyright reasons is stupid and dangerous. It can become a case
>of chinese whispers where each successive guidebook editor keeps reinterpreting
>the previous editors efforts.
I agree. Overall the Tassie select was great but there was one climb description that left out crucial words and information. The route was more accurately described in the previous guide.

>I hate the idea that guidebook editors might devote more time at the computer
>focusing on copyright issues, rather than climbing and researching in the
>field.
Agree with that too. New route descriptions are no good to anyone burried in a pile of Argus'.