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Araps Rebolting 24-Dec-2005 At 8:38:14 PM Jonesy

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On 24/12/2005 shaggy wrote:
>Julian, there is no need to patronise me, I understood exactly what Chris
>was saying. I am just sick of people concidering 'bold' being a 'finer' style, and
>that the 'English' style of climbing greatly under equiped routes is somehow
>a greater form of climbing.

Shaggy,
I equated it to an English style route because the majority of times I've been meters above a body-weight peg have been in the UK, and I thought about that when someone had previously asked about what to do if the peg rips. I'd go back and climb it without the bit of gear, simple.

In Oz it seems like we're not getting the chance to decide after the fact of the peg ripping (due to the pre-emptive ringbolting of afforementioned route) so I quite reasonably called on the historical precedent of what occurs on Blighty. Have you been? You should, a great experience and quite a cool scene.

Just out of interest.... you don't happen to have a big red sports car that you race against Rod W in? Hmmmm