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Quotes 9-Jun-2004 At 11:32:41 AM deadpoint

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Moral Turpitude 23 is the first climb to the right of Square Gully aty Booroomba.
Was attempted totally trad in the early days - John was one of the more vocal no chalk and no boltaphiles at the time.
The ethics went and two bolts appeared in Moral Turpitude courtesy of John, I thank him for it.
When climbing I prefer to bend my ethics (bolts) when falling.

As a safety tip when climbing Moral Turpitude you must use double ropes, as you will crater if you fall cliping the first bolt. In addition the brackets are home made and require super small biners, I recommend using some mallions then clipping the biner into that.

Before the 2003 fires, I climbed climbed at Booroomba nearly every second week, so my slab technichque was pretty good. They reopened the park in February and I have been 3 or 4 times since - my loss of technique was very obvious, climbs that I have previously cruised as warmups, were now potential death routes.