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Night Bouldering at Burnley 25-Jan-2007 At 6:11:28 PM alrob

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take take take! thats what it seems like. and no give give give in return huh?

no one has invested money in burnley apart from parks and VCC. Yet we want as much spent on it as possible, with all the luxury's of a gym. but then WE don't have to pay to use it? gimme a break.

if your too cheap to support the local business' (yes, unlike burnley, you actually gotta give something of yours (money) in order to recieve their part of it (admission), then tough shit! you just miss out! lifes a bitch, and there won't be people around to hold your hand all the time. Christian (lactic factory) relies on the climbing communities support to keep his business up and running.

On 25/01/2007 nmonteith wrote:
>A bit of freindly competetion always improves things in my opinion. If the Lactic wants to >last the distance they need to work their strengths and continue with expanding and >revolutionizing.

they shouldn't have to do this against a free climbing facility though! how is it friendly competetion, when the competition is provided free, and no-one is financially invested in it? if no-one turns up to burnley, no-one looses money. if no-one turns up to Lactic, Christian looses business.

I think burnley has gone too far already. There are training holds on the 30degree wall, and a request on the chalk board for a series of the systems holds. it by far exceeds the original burnley! i wonder how many people who visit burnley now and make these sort of requests actually climbed at the first burnley wall, where it was simply rocks glued on. no routsetting bees, no rubber matting. just glued on rocks!