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chipping in east st kilda 19-May-2003 At 3:45:41 PM oweng

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Are the chipped holds new holds chipped into formally blank bricks, or did he chip existing holds larger? The reason I ask this is because chipping entirely new holds seems to me a lesser offense, as it is still possible to do the entire original traverse without using the chipped holds. Enlarging the existing holds seems totally inexcusable for the reasons earlier posters have raised.

Another thing this raises is the dreaded access issue. The owner of the bridge may normally turn a blind eye to climbers, but if they became actually aware that climbers were damaging the structure (not that a few chips could do any serious damage) this sort of thing could lead to the banning of climbing there.