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Climbing the Westgate Bridge 22-Feb-2013 At 11:13:22 AM kadlugan

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Ok, so after that suitably provocative title - here's the main crux of this post.

Would people want to climb a bolted artificial route up a pillar on the westgate bridge?

In mammuts urban climbing videos. See below. There is a bridge in switzerland where they have set up such a route in Fribourg at the Pont de Perolles. See Below.

Yes, there may be many obstacles in the way of actually doing this. But firstly would people want to climb it.

A suggested location would be the pillars in newport, near stony creek.
http://goo.gl/maps/g5GY4

So, if it was built, would you climb it, and what would be necessary to make it a great climbing location? Lets hear some ideas.

Details of the climbs:
http://www.cas-moleson.ch/infrastructures/pont-de-perolles.html - use google chrome to translate
Routes - http://www.cas-moleson.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/files/infrastructures/pont/topo_Fribourg_Marly_1_.pdf

Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyriIYhifec - part 2 showing the bridge
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F44w2EEMs8I - part 1 if you want to watch it.

Cheers
Nick