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THE AUSTRALIAN RE, RETRO-BOLTING OPEN FORUM 7-Apr-2004 At 12:29:17 PM hex-TROLL

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I will havachat with kim&Rick , about that , when I get to the summit.

CUL8R

Luv, HEX ( Bloody crampon straps !!! --- gotta get some strap-less Foot-Fangs ! )

Yes , that 'rumour' is roughly-right, Neil . And then '...of course...' , all the usual 'impovements' began to flow :There WAS a super-mind-testing-Gr22?-trad route which climbed up very steep-ground , with the crux being a short hanging-slab,protected by 2x' bomber ' RP's. ' A mind-excursion ' type of challenge/satisfaction ,until ' some dude(s)' decided to retro-bolt the slab / others chop the bolt(s) / dudes re-retro---ya get that at Frog...sometimes...

How long can/should ? Ben Lomond remain etc, etc ,etc

Calum McLellan : ' Frog Buttress is a love or hate crag , with about 400 routes . 80% of these routes require substantial amounts of crack technique. This has caused a lot of anger and frustration amongst a number of visiting sport climbers.'

Oweng 20/02/04 : ' There was a time when placing bolts on CERTAIN cliffs was very much a no-no. This persists to this day (and hopefully for a while yet ) on the Ben Lomond plateau.'

OMMMMMMMMMM-IN' from the summit , Luv,HEX.