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Sydney - North Head / The Gap POM review 9-Dec-2009 At 10:21:56 AM capt_mulch

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Yep, I spotted the flaw in their management plan as soon as I read it. They have banned climbing, whereas their stated goals actually point to the fact that they should be supporting it. I still need a definite reference that shows that climbing was not an approved activity prior to 1998 - I get the feeling that this is a complete furfy. There was plenty of (documented!) climbing carried out prior to 1998 - Mikl says I heard that the antagonism toward climbers came from the head of the parks service in the mid 80s and it remains enshrined. so it sounds like it's an 'I reckon you shouldn't do that' law rather than something that is legislated, or whatever it is you have to do for a NP rule.