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TR: Alive in a Bitter Sea (Katoomba Cliifs) 14-Dec-2016 At 9:47:12 PM simey

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On 14/12/2016 One Day Hero wrote:
>I think you're stuck in the 90's, Simey. The climbing world has dramatically
>changed, and you're tilting at windmills which have long since stopped
>spinning.

I was just getting something out of my system from 25 years ago.

In 25 years you will probably still be banging on about bolted squeeze jobs at Point Perp (not that I disagree with you).

As for all that other stuff, well I acknowledge change in climbing, so I don't think that I am stuck in the past. Finding that balance though is always going to see some clashes. Conflict however is particularly difficult for sensitive souls like you and I.

>Fark, even Father O (your finest contribution to climbing, i.m.o.) had
>a pretty shitty re/retrobolt job done recently.

I should have taken responsibility for replacing the bolts on my own route. But I will happily complain about a shitty rebolt on other Taipan Wall classics.

>Get your priorities sorted. There's a lot of bolting crimes which I'd
>love to remedy, and the Katoomba cliff scary routes don't make the list.

We should form an alliance. Need to come up with a catchy name or acronym. Can you see if Wallwombat and Doug want to join too?