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Climbing in Tonga 24-Nov-2008 At 5:52:52 PM Capt_mulch

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Superstu - I hate to put a dampener on things, but the wholesale destruction wrought by most islanders on their own habitats far outweighs anything that would be done by a bit of sports climbing development (come to the Solomon Islands dude, I can sell you a rainforest tree for a carton of beer, want a dophin?, no probs!!, let's go dynamite some reef while we're at it: http://www.solomontimes.com/letter.aspx?show=1149 - line up down at the wharf one evening and pick up a girl cheap before the Taiwanese fishermen give her AIDS). Development of something like some climbing crags may just help to bring in some badly needed foreign currency from tourism that will make people think twice about doing the stuff mentioned above that is going on right now, every day, right as we speak. Sad but true. Show people Coca-Cola and MTV and they're going to want exactly the same things you have. They just have to work out how they're going to get their hands on it.