Mike Stone has been watching this thread and his response is.....
Hey Jen, I’ve been keeping an eye on the thread re Jenny Wren and have noted Simey’s comments. I did not, and never have rapped and pre bolted a route. Swinging (done 6 months before J W) was, so far as I am aware, the only pre bolted climb at that time and that caused a fair amount of discussion regarding the ethics of doing so at the time. It didn’t become common practice for some years after that when the next generation of climbers came through.
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