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Fixed gear guidelines in the Grampians 13-May-2018 At 5:09:13 AM Wendy

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My sample guidelines for route development:

All new routes to be developed with consideration for the style of the crag and its historical development

All new routes to consider the environmental and aesthetic impacts of the development.

All new routes to consider indigenous cultural concerns.

All new routes requiring cleaning or bolting to consider if the value of the route justifies the damage.

All new routes to consider impact of the route on adjacent routes.

All new routes to consider possible impact on other park users.

All new routes to be equipped safely with most appropriate modern equipment for the rock type.

All new crag development to consider the potential of the site to handle increased traffic.

All new crag development to undertake measures to manage erosion and vegetation loss from increased traffic.

All new anchors to consider if they are the safest and least impact solution to the situation and if other anchors are sufficiently inaccessible to justify a new set.

Feel free to add to them. The idea is that they are general enough to apply to any crag but specific enough to identify issues to be assessed each time.