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Havachatwithhexy... 10-May-2005 At 5:09:16 PM HEX

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On 10/05/2005 nmonteith wrote:
>I'm not sure why you are pushing the point Hex. Some people have diseases
>+ they could be climbers = you could catch the disease whilst climbing.
>Big deal...

= the good 'ol aussie ' easy come, easy go ' attitude ... The HEX , as usual, is waaaaay
ahead of the indifferent mob , on an issue that is too horrendous to contemplate ... all those socially-intimate-relationships built-up over many years of camping & climbing together at crags ... of loyal bonds based on trust and respect ... itz not just degenerate-fags/junkies-from-the-alleys who get AIDS ... prefectly sweet middle class types can aquire it medically ... who ARE you climbing with ... is it really a good idea to casually ' hook-up' with globally-roving strangers for a one-day-stand of rock climbing ? ...

This is an important issue & has NEVER been addressed in Australian climbing in an open & rational manner ...NEVER been addressed at all , cos many would stick to soloing/bouldering at VERY remote crags ... or stop climbing all-together, if they REALLY had a good think about it ... we really HAVE ? moved irry-trive-ably beyond the dayz when ' sex was safe & climbing was dangerous(oh the irony) ...maybe ...