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Launceston City Council Chops Cataract Gorge Bolts 25-Feb-2010 At 4:11:40 PM hotgemini

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An update, local climbers met with the Launceston parks manager and a Launceston alderman today to discuss this issue.

As posted by Ian Ferrier on TheSarvo

G’day All,

Just a quick update on today’s very successful meeting. The council has agreed an error was made and that the bolts can be replaced. It appears the officers on the ground made the call to chop the bolts without any further consultation. Climbers will be notified in future if anything similar occurs again. Ongoing we will be reviewing the code of conduct to allow for temporary lockout of climbs should a rock fall occur . This may just involve the use of a simple padlock on the bolts while the area is assessed. All in all a very positive outcome. The council were overwhelmed with the response and did not realise climbers were so passionate about their sport.

Cheers,

Ian

This is a victory, in speaking with Ian on the phone he told me that the parks manager had remarked that after the response to this incident they never wanted to interfere with another bolt again. They are going to have a follow-up meeting to look at incorporating managing issues like this into LCC climbing management plan and given the significant outcry over the incident from the climbing community I'm reasonably comfortable any changes they come up with will be compatible with the views, concerns and desires of the climbing community.

Its nice to have a win, a big thank you to everyone who took the time to get involved.

-Adam