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Trashing Tassie ... it's beyond salvation 16-Mar-2011 At 10:59:49 AM jesus

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>>>Routes that are established ground up definitely have merit and this route
>>>sounds great. However the murky dilemma of trying to differentiate the
>>>validity of bolts depending on how the routes were established would be
>>>futile

I used a hand drill cos I didnt want to lug the power drill into the crag and then up the crag ... hand drill or power drill is irrelavent ... tho the yanks make a good case ... the important bit is facilitating gorgeous new climbs / experiences be adding 2 or 3 bolts to provide safe passage across ' naturally ' unprotectable parts ...

Common sense and RESPECT then dictates where adventure climbing stops and sport climbing starts ...

>>>(for example Pole Dancer at Cape Raoul is a sport route that was
>>>bolted on lead using a power drill).

When will ppl realise Pole Dancer is not a ' sport climb " ??? .... when ya gottat drive then bushwalk then scramble/climb ... for hours ...to get to the base of a route which is stuck out in the Southern Ocean ....... IT AINT A FKN SPORT ROUTE !!!! .... its a bolt protected adventure route .. just in this case ALL the runners are bolts ... at least Farkyn Parkyn got this one right ...