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Should you put climbs up for others? 2-Apr-2007 At 10:13:59 PM gsharrock

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I agree with your sentiments Simon. I cant imagine how the casual weekend climber would ever need the number of climbs now in existance (Seems to me that many people dont climb much after 30 - kids, work, injuries etc).

For me personnally there is an ethical issue regarding breaking the law which wasnt so prevalent in the early 90's as significantly fewer bolts were being placed and in my experience it was generally overlooked by NP's as the impact was relatively small. The rate of development seems to have increased substantially over the last few years, and we cant deny that its an illegal activity, regardless of past actions.

The reason I bring up this question is I know that some people that regret bolting rock in national parks - even if it only amounts to 11 bolts, 7 of which have been removed :-)