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Grose Valley climbing access. 18-Sep-2007 At 8:27:18 PM Edward Sillypants

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On 18/09/2007 Wollemi wrote:
>Rang Blackheath NPWS (NSW) last week to ask about use of the Grose Valley
>with respect to the fires of last October/November. Fortress Creek canyon
>is the only canyon or off-track walking allowed. (Bit cool at the mo for
>that!)
>I thought about the consequences, but asked anyway - what about rock-climbing
>access?
>'Rock-climbing is banned and not allowed in any part of the Blue Mountains
>National Park', to which I stated to that dismissive response; Parks Service
>would be well aware of the countless thousands of bolts throughout the
>valley, and, if I may say so - they would also be aware of several rock-climbing
>guidebooks devoted to the area, and many well-known mountaineers cut their
>teeth in the Blue Mountains.
>Silence. I asked of the organised bushwalking group that entered Blue
>Gum Forest for its 75th 'birthday' in early September, and was told that
>was a special occasion and access to the Grose Valley (as far east as Linden)
>is not likely until next year.
>

STRAIGHT UP ??? F ME DRUNK !!! THAT IS SOMETHING ELSE ...

Have any climbers copped a fine for climbing in the Bluies yet ??