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Bouldering circuits at arapiles 7-Apr-2008 At 6:39:54 AM mankrambler

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On 6/04/2008 Duncan wrote:
>It works at Font due to the sheer concentration of problems.

I think it is concentrated enough in the central gully region as some of the boulders have a number of problems at the right grade. The lower concentration of problems might help fit all the problems in on a 2D map/topo in a guide book! (the 2D maps of the font boulders work well, but they have trouble listing all the problems that way.) Maybe google maps/earth could help for tracing the topos. Also, GPS coordinates could be listed in a guide book for each boulder.

>do a lot more walking than climbing at araps. Plus, the markings at Font
>are an established tradition. Anyone trying to paint boulders at araps
>would probably (deservedly) be castrated.

It may not be necessary to even mark the rock with paint if the guide book topo was accurate enough. But the paint does not much damage to the rock, at least not as much as the bolts already do at Arapiles, so it may be acceptable. Depends on concensus.