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TR - Vent Crack Booroomba 22-Dec-2009 At 11:22:38 AM cruze

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I didn't mean what I said as criticism, I hope that you didn't take it that way. The ACT Granite guide is one of those guidebooks that I must have read cover to cover and back again so many times and continue to find something new each time. Amazing how much rock can fit into such a small (relatively) guide.

I do think that a new guide is due though. One that is more user friendly for non-locals making a weekend trip from Sydney for instance - I think that the new guide should have far fewer routes but with as many photos as possible. That way the older, never repeated and uninspiring routes can live on in the print of the already published texts. And maybe live on clipped to your harness at Booroomba! Areas like Ginninderra which are likely never to be climbed again (big sigh) can make way for the areas that have been expanded recently (Mt Corree, Red Rocks). I am torn as to whether the adventure areas (scabby, etc) would have a place in a new guide book - I would hope so but not at the cost of clarity for the more popular areas. Perhaps this is a sign of the progression of climbing?