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Kaputar - Euglah Rock 27-Jan-2013 At 1:08:29 PM vwills

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I probably won't get a chance to head Kaputar way until spring but would be happy to unbolt the retrobolted routes. I am trying to get in contact with Robin Barley via supertopo, but chances are he'll ignore me. Anyone got contact details for Fantini?

Ian- you got contacts in NPWS at Narrabri and see if they know much? I can ring them otherwise (just about well enough now to hold a conversation).

I also forgot to mention that there were some new lower offs at the power lines crag, and some newish bolts in direct starts to cracks higher up the wall- but no gridding or retrobolting evident when I visited there in 2011. (Found the rock at Powerlines to be softer and scarier than other areas, though maybe its cos thats the only place we got to climb that trip due to snow.)

I think its important to try and track down who put the sports routes on the Governor, who did the retrobolting and gridding at Lindsey and who did the chiselling at Euglah, and try and discuss ethics with them.....if we dont self regulate who could blame the NPWS for banning climbing there (sounds like there was historically a huge fight to keep climbing possible at the Governor). There is masses of potential on all the plugs out there and the option for adventure climbing for future generations needs to be kept open. (same as in the Bungles).