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TR: Alive in a Bitter Sea (Katoomba Cliifs) 13-Dec-2016 At 8:12:22 AM simey

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On 13/12/2016 One Day Hero wrote:
>Now seriously, what the f--- do these two events have to do with one other?

Not a lot, because one is a stylish attempt with an uncompromising approach and the other isn't. I made the comparison because Warwick said his aim was to pursue the mental game in climbing and I am saying that he could have done that in better style and without hijacking a great piece of rock.

I don't mean to only pick on Warwick as the legacy of rap inspection and minimalist bolting has been practiced by a number of climbers for whatever reasons, but I hate seeing it being celebrated. Warwick is copping my wrath as Paul's original post simply bought back memories of my frustration from long ago of realising that such an appealing wall had effectively been denied as a ground-up lead to any reasonable climber.