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Victorian Re-Bolting. Do you agree with them? 27-Jan-2006 At 3:20:36 PM DaCrux

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I think the trouble is that you don’t want to have a climbing “ethics committee” that would decide which routes should be bolted/re-bolted/retrobolted, and instead you have a self-appointed “informal group of like-minded climbers”. The work you do is great but you assume that everyone agrees with you. Some people don’t agree with bolting full stop. You say that you’re willing to discuss issues but the SCV forum is NOT publicly accessible. Social climbers who don’t bolt climbs (nor are they ever likely to) should have just as much say in the matter.
The VCC does have a bolting policy – however it is often ignored. I think if there was an official organisation which would decide and enforce these matters (by e.g. systematically chopping ridiculous bolts) people would give more thought to (re/retro)bolting routes. But then again climbing and bureaucracy don’t really go together. I’m not criticising either of the groups - just my 2 cents.