I'm not fundamentally disagreeing with your *position* cj, just the facts...
Bolting and removing bolts are equal and opposite actions.
Anyone can do either. So really, the battle of bolts (and sport climbers) vs trad is a numbers game... And on that basis, I don't think anyone climbs at the allowance of trad climbers. It's probably more accurate to say that without trad climbers, no one would be climbing anything at all, but that's really a historical view rather than a current reality. |