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WTF at Point Perpendicular! 10-Oct-2014 At 11:07:55 AM One Day Hero

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On 10/10/2014 jprockbelly wrote:
>Climbers are obsessed with bolts, which is a good thing in my opinion.
>But only really relevant to climbers. For park managers, and the environment,
>bolts are a minor issue. The much bigger concern is all the off track walking
>(which causes erosion and spread of exotic species), litter, food scraps,
>feces etc.
>
So, how does this all relate to the area in question (top of Rex Hunt's)? Climbers drive, park, and walk in as for all the other visitors, jump the lighthouse fence onto bare rock, walk 20m on bare rock, then abseil over the rock cliff edge down to a ledge which is nicely padded with construction refuse, then climb back up on the rock.

What frigging environmental damage could you possibly be talking about? I don't see any grogans lying around on the ledge, the vegetation down on the ledge is looking fine, I've never seen any climbers molesting a sea eagle.........I do inadvertently kill the spiders living in mono-pockets, is that it?

I'm not saying that climbers have zero environmental impact, but at that crag I would suggest that it's pretty minimal. And is there somehow going to be less impact caused by trooping a bunch of navy dudes down there to abseil off the shiny new bolts?