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Area	Location	Sub Location	Crag	Links
VIC Buffalo	The Horn Environs	(General)	The Horn	[ Horn Guide ]

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Bolting at The Horn, Mount Buffalo 16-Feb-2013 At 4:01:47 PM lacto

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If you are being paid to take people climbing then surely you fall under the gentle rules of WORKCOVER . You are in serious breach of the law if you expose anyone to more than a 2 metre fall and place yourself and the company you work for in line for hefty fines and or a prison term . To comply with this would require 2m grid bolting of any line envisaged which I believe is totally unacceptable on developed climbing areas . By the same rules anyone placing bolts would need to certified by an "approved" course and comply with standards . Is there an Australian Standard for Bolting if not be very careful if placing bolts for commercial gain . We have someone claiming to be taking clients etc in what appears to be a commercial enterprise so he is deliberately flouting the law He needs to get away from existing climbing areas and not expose himself scrutiny of climbers , there are untold amounts of sloping rock that would provide a climbing experience without impinging on traditional climbing areas