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The Irish Solution to The Ben Lomond Problem 9-Oct-2017 At 6:07:25 AM IdratherbeclimbingM9

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On 9-Oct-2017 Wendy wrote:
>I didn't see any argument proving that slippery slopes were inevitable?

The most recent one* was...
>"However there would need to be ongoing vigilance at he Ben as slippery slopes do exist ( as demonstrated clearly at the Governor at Kaputar over the last few years )"

There are quite a few of us who have been around long enough to have seen the bolts progression within climbing including proliferation; and although "Reasonable adults can separate between the circumstancest of a particular event and different circumstances." the (perhaps inevitable?) problem with slippery slopes is that they are slippery over time.
Changing of mindsets with generations, particularly those without the benefit of hindsight, add slipperyness to the slopes(!), and this thread has already demonstrated examples of that.

It isn't a Ben Lomond problem, it's a mindset problem, and I'd like to think that collectively we as climbers can aspire to a higher standard (that has its own esoteric rewards) despite any inconvenience entailed.

(*The most shocking one from earlier this year, was the thread; The Eyrie, Mt Boyce retrobolted! Badly...)