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Removing bolts to create trad paradise 14-May-2007 At 7:38:55 AM MR. REDZONE

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ah, smiley simey,

the unflapable Simon Mentz.

we all know your background dude. before you started climbing, you had an infamous life as I pirate didn't you?
all my cynicism about Pirates, treasure and pillaging has obviously got you hot under the collarrrrrrr.

who is this???:
"My first day of climbing was at Mt Arapiles with a friend (Ben Galbraith), just after we turned 18 and got car licences. We had read about Mt Arapiles and decided to drive up and teach ourselves. We had two short pieces of old sailing rope, a harness and a set of jumars (?!!). Our first attempt at climbing was Minimus (14) where we anchored the rope to the top of the cliff and devised a strange climbing/jumaring system."

Two old pieces of sailing rope hey?
noooice buddy. I hope you didnt have to rape and pillage any old grandma's for that.

It must have been dissapointing to get the dog on old minimus. Lucky you had that trusty SAILING ROPE ME HARRTIEEEEE!!!!. I'm taking it that D-minor offered less resistance??.....hey its pretty stout for a grade 9. nothing to be ashamed of.

any port in a storm...right sailor?

I'm hoping your vocabulary in your next post has improved along with your style and ethics of climbing since your introductory debacle into climbing simey simey??