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Accident on Bunny Buckets on Sunday 11-Jun-2013 At 5:44:46 PM duploboy

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Was intentionally trying to avoid the sport-climber beatup language :-) We can't change the fact that the gym/sports 'revolution' has happened and as Neil as mentioned on other posts, many people are never going to get into trad and 'learn the trade.'

Was instead was raising questions (which have been asked before). And here are some more:
+ Do rings give the false impression of safety? (Just as in many walks of life, increased 'safety parameters' often lead to decreased responsibility and awareness)
+ How to educate/warn people to take this more seriously? (it sounds from above that the guide actually does do a good job at this).
+ I think Neil's efforts at bolting grades 15-18 for schoolkids are a good start in teaching how rocks is different from plastic.
+ I'm amazed at how many people complain 'Tianjara is shitty cos the rock breaks'. Yeah sometimes it does. Maybe gyms should have spontaneously shattering plastic?
+ I've seen a girl (climbing with cool white headphones on) at Shipley pulling down dinner plates of rock from the top cave without a care in the world. Wouldn't be surprised if she and her mates have climbed BBB without helmets (but with cool white headphones).
+ I've seen people have to be taught how to use an ATC as a leader was starting up, cos they'd only ever been allowed gri-gris at the gym.