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Trashing Tassie ... it's beyond salvation 17-Mar-2011 At 4:11:56 PM jesus

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On 16/03/2011, nmonteith ,smug-mugged all over his key board :
>>>You have to do several full trad pitches to get to Pole Dancer - so really
>>>its an adventure day with a sport last pitch....

BETTER ... than ' sport route' ... but ...

... its an adventure route as part of an adventure day ...what makes this route distinct from a ' sport ' climb is that bolts are the ONLY feasible protection to facilitate a safe ascent .... had there already been a TRAD route on the pillar ... or no route but with trad potential ... THEN the kiwi-ckhd-migrant , would not only have trashed the other route / potential ... but would also have trashed the whole vibe / spirit / sense of adventure at the entire Cape Rowl area ...

The only other consideration is Messners ' murder of the immpossible ' ....which Greg Child arguably did in the Karakorum ... when he bolted and bat hooked ( but not free climb ) his way up the final sharks-fin blade of rock on the ' first ascent ' of a spire ...... Greg , himself ... was aware of this dilemma when he had drill in hand ....his sense of fair play was over ruled by pressuse not to have the media write off his expedition as a ' failure ' .... ' just 100 feet from the top ' ...

...its also ' good ' that Pole Dancer is also free climbable ...

I also put it to u... that Simeys Free Route on the Totem Pole ...is one of Australia's greatest ADVENTURE routes ...

Love ya work/play , Simey...

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