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Trad Climb??? 19-May-2003 At 7:06:06 PM eddym

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Hey All,

As a first time user, I'd like to offer as a subject for discussion the question of 'fixed gear'. I hope it generates some interesting feedback and I'd like to apologise in advance to those who have already done the topic to death.

A friend and I climbed the first pitch of the very fantastic 'Trojan' the other day at Arapiles. The thing is, it's a trad route (though it has one bolt) but in the end I needed only to place two pieces on lead (at rest positions). I found there was in addition to the bolt three pieces of fixed gear in the route. With all this gear available it is very well protected. My questions are - why is there so much fixed gear? Does anyone have the history on the route and the reason for the fixed gear? It seems all that gear (except perhaps the crux nut) could've been place comfortably on lead or am I missing something? Should some of this fixed gear be removed - (controversial question)? And, why do I feel that I have climbed a sport route when I topped out?

Cheers...