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Hillwood Possible Closure 19-Oct-2017 At 5:23:53 PM Jayford4321

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On 19-Oct-2017 Tastrad wrote:
>The climbing community is facing possible closure of Hillwood, unless the
>landowner can be appeased regarding his fears of litigation. `It's getting
>out of hand', was his words when I visited him last week. Twelve carloads
>a weekend, busloads of schoolkids on excursions during the week and commercial
>groups, plus blocking his gate, and fukwits bringing dogs in there....has
>him very worried about litigation and generally pissing him off. He suggested
>the easiest way would be to shut it down and rip the anchors out. Pretty
>popular for a place that Damo reckons half the routes suck donkey dicks.
>I have built a good relationship of trust with the landowners over the
>past 20 years, and I am doing all I can to ensure access to the cliff.
>Because of this, please do not try to contact him and complicate matters.
>I think we'll get there but he needs to consult his solicitor first.
>I have sent him a copy of the civil liability act of 2002, which makes
>it virtually impossible for anyone doing dangerous `at own risk' activities
>on private property, to sue a landowner. In addition, I have suggested
>his solicitor draw up a legal waiver, which every single climber would
>have to sign to gain access to Hillwood. Hopefully a one-off signing would
>be sufficient, and could be downloadable from my website and I could collect
>them for him. I have suggested that without the waiver there would be no
>admittance and they would officially be trespassers..a sign would be posted
>on the gate to that effect. It might not come to that, but be prepared
>for the possibiity of signing a waiver, and donating some cash to pay the
>farmer's legal fees.
>In the mean-time, don't block the gate, don't bring dogs, don't fall off
>and axe yourself, be on your best behaviour, don't fuk it up for everyone,
>and if your visiting for the first time, it is still a requirement to ring
>me on 0490 830 922. Any suggestions on how to deal with this matter? Thankyou

So as tha prima developa of tha joint U want us 2 helpU control tha slipperier slope U'v creatD?
2 bad itz not a logica fallicy othawize Wens could helpU with it.

Owna has tha right idea of choppin tha boltz 2 get rid of tha liturdgy slope!

Payin his legals?
Do wot tha legals do , an go 4 tha deepest pokets by lettin tha commercL groups handL that az they tha only 1s makin a buck outa it.
Failin that , ima sure that safety1st pro boltz peeps like Tha Rock Robber an ewe lls would likely cough up if ya rattL tha tin in front of em.