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THE AUSTRALIAN RE, RETRO-BOLTING OPEN FORUM 4-Feb-2004 At 8:15:58 PM hex- TROLL

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Dalai---thanks for contributing the grisly flack'n'spray, dude---your views are valued by all
who respect an open forum.Some would like to think that aboriginal issues were all 'tidied up' in the 20th c., but now these AUSTRALIANS have recently found a new issue (and rightly so ) in what 'climbers' are doing to their places of cultural significance. The 'petty sport/trad debate' is not what this thread is about.However, it is important to remember that many AUSTRALIANS (including many aboriginals and the HUNDREDS of gym-production-line-newbies) , have no idea about trad/sport/sport/trad , other than they want no bolts/fixed gear or they want ONLY bolts/fixed gear.
'The primary goal' of Re-bolt Vic is CLEARLY understood by the likes of 'Dinkum'---his 'beef' ' is about how far YOUR tentacles are going geographically and whether it's reasonable or LEGAL to have a situation where 'this climb has been here for years therefore its ok to re-bolt it regardless of the present land tenure/administration'.

Dig ya 'wire-brushed' attitude, bro.

Luv HEX