On 10/06/2006 dalai wrote:
>I don't agree with all his decisions, a couple spring to mind -
>
>The eyesore fixed sling on Monkey Puzzle (all the other pieces of tat
>at the Gallery have since been replaced with bolts) yet Malcolm won't agree
>to it's replacement with a less conspicuous bolt.
>
>Also I recall some time ago that he would rather leave the tangled mess
>of slings on the belay ledge of Sirocco rather than two glue in rings...(unsure
>if this issue was since resolved)
…and when the grand screwin ring bolt anchor experiment on Taipan Wall went horribly wrong and near killed Dave Jones…
If you're to inflict your handiwork on others, it needs to be rock solid! If this means adopting some of the more modern means of equipping routes in order to allow for suitable testing before a human life is on the line, then I'm all for it.