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Bolting in the Warrumbungles 2-Jun-2011 At 11:37:43 PM Dr Nick

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On 2/06/2011 useful wrote:

>Mikl - love your work but don't you think you may be over compensating
>a wee bit by giving an open slather to retroing all 'your' old routes. Just
>cos you did some of the shittest bolting in history doesn't mean they were
>all shit routes in their original shape.

There's a big difference between a talented tight-arse teenager with a hand drill who is quite happy to run it out rather than stopping to drill, and a sane and sensible climber. There's still a place for run outs, but equally there's a place for deciding that it'd probably be a much nicer climb if you didn't need to carry a spare pair of undies, particularly if it's purely bolt protected anyway.