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Hardrock in the city at last 23-Aug-2007 At 1:42:03 AM dave

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On 23/08/2007 matt wrote:
>The damn wall texture! has no one else noticed? maybe it has improved,
>but when we went in it is evident that the wall was painted after the holds
>were placed, as some have orange paint on them. But more annoying is the
>sand/grit shit on the wall. Trying to smear on the wall wasn't possiable
>on several climbs as you would simply slide off. A secondary result is
>every hold been filled with the remaining sand/grit. Maybe its worn off
>now.

Yeah this is simply because the walls are new- they have a lot of loose fine grit on them which wears off with use. Look at Hardrock nunawading the friction there is great and the walls are basically the same thing.