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New pitons on Watch Tower 7-Feb-2005 At 4:34:22 PM richjs

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On 6/02/2005 simey wrote:
>Wendy… I understand that you carry No 5 Camalots and a selection of Big
>Bros as standard gear on your rack. That is commendable, but I don’t feel
>that I should invest in those items purely to rig the third belay on Watchtower
>Crack.

Isn't that exactly the trad/Arapiles ethic though? If you need to place some gear to make a safe belay/lead any climb, you buy/borrow/booty it and up it goes with you. Where's the gear lust? ;)

If the FA - or perhaps anyone at all - can do it without fixing metal permanently to rock, I should too.

I was under the impression that the only exceptions to this general consensus is for cases when not adding bolts will have a larger impact on the environment around the climb.