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Renaming/rebolting aid route/attracting a girl! 7-May-2007 At 2:24:19 PM Bam Bam

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Go for it nick, equip the route properly. Name it what ever you want.

As for victorian ethics, what a joke. Have a route either way, trad or sport. i dont care which but the mixed style is ridiculous.

Neil, your comments have been interesting. It seems that you dont agree with retrobolting is this correct, i may be mistaken cause i get bored easily reading all these tideous (yes this is one of them) threads. I returned to taipan wall this weekend after almost 11 months away from it, and noticed that there is now an extra bolt in the start of Mr Joshua, and a two bolt belay at the start of Venom. I also noticed that you have recently done the latter, are you able to explain these bolts, is the first to protect the access traverse. What a joke, where are your ethics, if you didnt put them in let me know, my sources may be mistaken. The traverse has been navigated for decades, no one was worried enough then, why now? How many people have done venom, lots, it is an easy tick and gets a lot of attention. Why add bolts now, when there is a perfectly good crack to set up an anchor. Its not like you dont need gear for the route, it is victoria remember. Is it just because you felt uncomfortable? if so dont' climb these established routes. back to the issue. If a route hasnt been freed yet, as with Gilgamesh, then it should be open for appropiate equipping.