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Fixed gear guidelines in the Grampians 18-May-2018 At 12:09:49 PM IdratherbeclimbingM9

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On 18-May-2018 Me wrote:
~ > Links to some great background information for con_text* (*damn our hack-filters!)

Thank you for posting them.

I found the Norwegian policy summed it up for me and the response to it by an 'offender' was particularly salient...
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Regarding the climbing ethics, I feel everybody is responsible for them, but at the end of the day one must also adhere to them and not only talk or write about them. Ethics are not only for others but mainly for ourselves!

I was already aware of the Yosemite ethic of hand drilled bolting only which sic;
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inherently limits the number of those bolts by requiring that they be hand drilled.

and find this a workable though intriguing solution, as it effectively puts the brakes on rampant development, though conjours up quality control issues...