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Advice on bolting Frog Buttress 19-Oct-2020 At 11:15:57 AM gordoste

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On 9-Oct-2020 Duang Daunk wrote:
>On 8-Oct-2020 E. Wells wrote:
>>Hey a future good friend of mine is seeking advice over on thecrag
>>
>>To bolt or not...
>>
>>Yipyah- I’ve finally toproped the arete left of ‘Catcher in the Rye’
>Called
>>it ‘Clench’ for reasons obvious when on it. Really sustained set of classic
>>Frog arete moves. Very hard for an old fella to judge but 26ish? (Well
>>harder than Inhibition but easier than Catcher in the Rye! Before I bolt
>>it I’d like to hear the communities ideas. The route is not at all contrived
>>but shares its right side with the lower left side of CITR. Bolts would
>>have to be left of the arete to be out of sight and mind if on CITR.
>No
>>more carrots, I promise, state of the art only. National park though...
>>All thoughts welcome!
>
>Since when have Qldrs ever sought Vic opinions bro?
>What happened to the traditional State rivalry?
>... but since you’re asking and want a Vic flavour on it - and also because
>it’s a NP, it’s really not worth doing unless there is a significant site
>or something else of cultural value involved.
>
>Take for example how we are right up there with Rio Tinto when it comes
>to developing sites! Those pesky West Australian caves that got demolished
>weren’t in the same climbing calibre as Taipan Wall!
>
>Maybe Qld should use a local comparison and your future friend develop
>the climb in similar flavour of Kangaroo Points’s development, after all,
>there be plenty of common ground in Qld sentiment with Fauci and the w.h.o
>dictatorship for moral support.

Does anyone know what the f**k he's talking about?