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WTF at Point Perpendicular! 9-Oct-2014 At 5:45:46 PM One Day Hero

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On 9/10/2014 jprockbelly wrote:
>So what? The primary user of a national park is the environment. They
>are nature reserves, not your local playground. Climbing *does* impact
>the environment, if climbing were banned the health of the park would improve.
>We all need to be very mindful of this if we want to continue to have access.
>
That's my point, shit for brains! I'm not advocating for more climbers and more bolts, quite the opposite.
I find it annoying that abseiling "professionals" refused to use the plentiful bombproof natural anchors, however it is an acceptable fact of life that the navy will only abseil off bolts. What really shits me is that I could have designed an anchor layout for them which is more practical, just as safe, and uses far less bolts.......and yes, I do place abseil bolts on buildings as part of my job, so I'm kind of not totally talking out my arse.