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THE AUSTRALIAN RE, RETRO-BOLTING OPEN FORUM 15-Apr-2004 At 12:51:34 PM hex-TROLL

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Jim---not ' abandon ' --- simply ' bolt-on ' the very simple E-grade---the 'western' brain needs some sort of simple ' beta-fix ' to accommodate&assimilate all 'those' exciting/spooky concepts associated with a particular climb.

It will also add to the McDonalds generation , ' wow!!! ' factor : " You guys ! You guys !! --- not only did I send my first grade 23 , but it was E4 too !!! "

PHAEDRA ? : according to our friend ' orangehang-over ' (did I Neily get that right ? ) ,it is a '..fantastic 4 pitch 22 which climbs some very blank faces...Grade is 22M1 as it includes aiding up a bolt ladder thru a steep section...'

' Mythmaker ' , 1998 : ' In the past Xena had welcomed challenges and whipped everyone but an older warrior named Phaedra who had nearly killed Xena with the double-headed ax [dildo ?] when Xena had been distracted by [a very saphic?] Gabrielle. More recently Xena had knocked Phaedra out as the Amazon had sought to track Xena during her self-destructive flight to the cliffs...'

Continue the '...story...' , Jim...

Luv HEX.