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Bolts at Buffalo 25-Jan-2019 At 6:04:58 AM Duang Daunk

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On 24-Jan-2019 IdratherbeclimbingM9 wrote:
>On 24-Jan-2019 One Day Hero wrote:
>>Why aren't more people on here condemning these bolts? 5 fat U bolts
>as
>>an abseil anchor at a trad crag. Are people so fuched up with concern
>about
>>not making waves that they can't call bullshit on this extreme case abomination?
>>
>>If you don't speak up, idiots with drills will take that silence as approval.
>>Then people like Macca and I are going to have to go chopping at established
>>sport crags to reel this nonsense in.
>
>I think the temporary silence is due to the jury still being out, as the
>perpetrators of said abominations have not yet been identified/confirmed.
>
>
>There are enough anti-(stupid)-bolt fairies to sort the issue; some local,
>some prepared to visit from further afield... but, if it turns out to
>be army, or for that matter educational institution, or indeed commercial
>perpetrators, then simply chopping (although helpful short term message
>sending), isn’t necessarily a longer term solution.
>As for chopping ‘their’ other routes as retribution for endangering overall
>climbing access, well, there mightn’t be other routes if it’s any of the
>institutional / commercial perpetrators?
>
I say chop them anyway bro, and keep your ears open to listen for squwarks from the aggrieved to confirm perps.

It’d be interesting to know if Army, Institution and Commercial have had official sanction from PV eh?