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Should you put climbs up for others? 19-Apr-2007 At 1:16:24 AM DaCrux

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I really hope you reconsider bolting this route. It’s such a beautiful piece of rock and there’s probably enough pro for someone who confidently leads 18’s.

On 18/04/2007 bomber pro wrote:
>Small steps might be a way to stay alive just a bit longer josh,
>I'm not advocating that those pushing the grade of 18 try to ground up
>onsight a climb that has RP's as
>the only gear just before punching out the roof moves!
>That would be giant leaps, a small step might be to do the climb with
>the bolt and then if they feel
>strong and very confident, maybe after they consolidate the grade by doing
>a whole bunch of 18's then
>at some later point in time (after taking more small steps) they can lead
>it again and not clip the bolt, if
>thats what they want to do?
Are you serious? If people want to practice leading in a safe environment they can go to a climbing gym (and hope their belayer doesn’t drop them).