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Community or Clique? 11-Jul-2006 At 4:54:22 PM jh

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On 11/07/2006 climbingjac wrote:
Imagine a world
>where bolting does not have to be done under the cover of darkness. Imagine
>a world, such as the world in Orpierre in France, where the mayor says
>"I have a massive crag in my town. I wish for it to be bolted, and pays
>a mob of climbers to do it." Things would be done in a controlled fashion,
>decided upon by an official panel. There would not be random individuals
>running around doing what they felt like on the day.

The idea of a megalomaniac mayor in combination with a controlled panel of officialdom makes me feel sick to stomach.
The random individuals associated with the climbing community adds character and is one of the most fantastic things about it.
I personally do not think we need a bureaucracy and investors to have a future.