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Sydney - North Head / The Gap POM review 9-Dec-2009 At 12:43:51 PM capt_mulch

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Mikl suggested that maybe the NPWS distain for climbers was the fact that they may have had to help rescue some climbers in the past (just take prussics with you). Yep, you'd think that they would ban the rock fisherpeople first (hey, and aren't fish native species?? would they like us catching possums in national parks???). Plenty of those dudes have been washed of rocks and had to be rescued / recovered. Maybe it's just that rock climbers have complete distain for anyone in a uniform, and half the reason people become rangers (well, the ones I've known anyway) do it because you get to wear a uniform. Ooops, sounding bitter now - better get back to this submission.

Come on people - give me some juicy history to put in here!!!