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New bolt on Blimp - Bundaleer 9-May-2018 At 7:14:11 AM IdratherbeclimbingM9

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On 9-May-2018 gfdonc wrote:
>Neil, yes you've been saying this for a long time.
>If your point really is that you don't want to see Rosea turned into a
>sport cliff, then I absolutely agree.
>But the occasional bolt or rap anchor 'does not a sport cliff make'.
>
Having seen the way many climbing locations in the blueys have gone, I agree with nmonteith on this and would like to see Rosea as Aussie’s mainland Ben Lommond, especially since the bastion of Arapiles has long since fallen!

gfgonc, how does your statement above reconcile with armstp’s recent post?
(Reproduced below for convenience, as you didn’t respond to it in similar sentiment, though had entered into dialogue with his earlier post)...
On 8-May-2018 armstp wrote:
>When I look at what has happened to Dreamtime Wall, for many years a little
>visited remote multi pitch adventure trad cliff in a wilderness setting,
>which has morphed into a popular heavily bolted sport cliff in a short
>space of time I worry that I see what the future holds for Rosea.
>
>Given the featured nature of the rock and the generally no more than vertical
>angle it is possible to see endless possibilities for pushing up bolt protected
>climbs on Rosea. Whilst I am not a ‘slippery slope’ believer in relation
>to the odd abseil anchor, Dreamtime shows that it is easy to open the flood
>gates once you have bolted a few things.
>