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TR - Thumbs Out 15-Apr-2013 At 1:30:40 PM Nick Clow

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So, Bundy, tell me, when you bolted the crack at the start of '43' you weren't thinking to yourself that it would be a big f@ck you to Macciza?

While you and Neil are around, I've been to Sublime Point a couple of times and I've got the following comments/questions:

* The roofy middle section of the crag is good and is a very worthwhile sport climbing area with some good routes, except for the absolutely and completely worthless routes squeezed in on the R hand side (28-33 on your photo).

* You've (Neil) made a mess of the Bentrovarto Wall by putting a lower-off 3/4s of the way up two sport routes (YVP etc) at no logical conclusion. Presumably you initially didn't think you could get up to the ledge, so just put an anchor at your highpoint so you could call them routes?

* The Sweet Dreams Wall, already crowded with routes and variant finishes, did not need a ring-bolted sport route squeezed right up the guts of it. Perhaps it's not the best time to talk about it as someone has just hurt themselves on it, but this is a slabby wall with a classic climb on it and the character of the wall is 'mixed' Blue Mountains climbing, i.e. gear and carrots. I reckon you were being provocative by putting that up.

* I'm a bit over indiscriminate bolting in the Blue Mountains and I would like people to have more restraint in putting up new routes and/or maintaining the character of existing crags. For example, I am greatly saddened that Piddington now has literally dozens of ring-bolts (obviously that's nothing to do with you, that's Mike Law). It's also depressing to hear that sport climbers can't even leave the one decent trad line for the trad climbers without bolting it (refer Rowan thread).

* After Perry's, The Point and now this, you'd think you guys would want to show some restraint.