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Sport Climbing to be Prohibited in Tasmanian WHA 21-Jan-2015 At 4:15:18 PM johny

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So climbs with bolts arent climbs? Do you draw the line at anchors or any fixed gear on route or just "bolts"? This is also a nonsensical statement. You never place bolts or climb bolted routes? Right...

So you think its "nice" if there are areas free of bolts. Ok this is the first thing you said that makes any sense. I think its good that some areas are gear only. Almost always, bolted anchors are necessary or you just end up with a bunch of crap that people rap off of or force dangerous eroding decents. Also hand drilling a couple bolts while new routeing ground up is about as "trad" as you can get (trad climbing being a completely bullshit made-up term by the way) but this would apparently require the permission of some fat ass bureaucrat now. Glad you approve.

You and Damo are just trying on your little "trad" hat. I hope you think it looks good on you for the moment. Have fun on your next sport climb.

>Or you could just climb routes without placing bolts? The sport we are
>involved in is called 'Climbing' not 'Bolting.'. I think it is a nice idea
>to have some areas free of bolts, especially wilderness areas that involve
>multi-hour/day walks to get to them.