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Law unto himself - The Official Review 8-Sep-2014 At 11:10:51 AM Imaclawfan

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On 7/09/2014 Duang Daunk wrote:
>Are you telling me that KC didn't know how to place gear?..

Apart from taping on skyhooks ...

>You might be disgusted with the Alpha Leather ascent,

I didnt say I WAS disgusted... Ive just got bad spwelbing

>but it has nothing to do with the Warrumbungles bro

.Didnt say it did ,did I bro ...anyway , regional bolting ethics are meaningless in the new age of sport-climbing-globalisation
>
>Talking about your favorite retro-ing things.. bro, seriously, what do
>ya think of his retro-grading ...

Retro grading is fine ...it doesnt damage the route / rock ...Mark Moorhead graded Cobwebs at 26 and it probably WAS 26 for HIM ...he had a phenomenal ' ape factor ' ,,, just check out his wing span on that classic pic of London Calling.... if people want to call Cobwebs the hardest route in the world (in 1981) good luck to em ... if they wanna retro grade it to 28 so what ... bit like Pasport to Insanity ...' 24-28 depending on the size of your hands ' ...

>Bloody good thing he doesn't bolt much in your home state ov Taswegia,
>eh bro?

Someone beat him to it ...they put a bolt at the start of Rosy Pink Cadilac which he climbed ' by fair means ' circa 1978 ...

You HAVE red the book havent u , bro ...? ...