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Trashing Tassie ... it's beyond salvation 15-Mar-2011 At 12:52:29 PM Winston Smith

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I thought that I'd reproduce Gerry N.'s latest rant from thesarvo.com for all to enjoy.

It's good to be mentioned in despatches....

"Here I was thinking I was making a positive contribution to the forum, adding some 26 trad routes to the list (which has several 26's on it), then Alex makes some condescending remark about hard routes starting at 27 these days, so I call him a smart arse little prick. So then all the c--kheads like Doug Bruce and Simon Young jump in when its none of their business. I've also noted the trashing tassie thread on chockstone and that Jesus c--khead talking about trashing Fingal, some c--khead named Winston whinging about no bolts on the Ben and Simon dissing the bolts at Hillwood. Firstly to Simon, there were some cutting edge routes done in the Gorge - Seize the Day was the hardest route in Tassie when it was put up on 3 bolts and small wires, which Micheal c--khead Fox retrobolted with 8 bolts much to Simon parsons disgust. If you don't like the bolts on some routes at Hillwood then don't climb them - I don't care - I enjoyed the first ascent and thats all that matters. As for abseil bolts on the Ben - they are gone forever and I'll go to the top of the Flutes when I'm 100 years old in a wheelchair and still chop any bolts that some c--khead has put in. Its all about convenience. They say they want to protect the gullies but really they are lazy. If you want to rap in, set up fixed line from the top off natural gear. When people say `the majority of climbers' want the bolts back - who are this majority? Just a handful of Hobart boys who say they speak for the majority? How arrogant. What about Bob McMahon, Mick Ling, Neale Smith, Simon Parsons, John fantini, Doug Fife, Nick Hanc--k, pete Steane, Bruce Cameron, John Smart etc who all agreed with me and Doug Fife choppng the rap stations. Anyone thought that we could be the majority? As for Fingal, repeat ascensionists of our new sport routes have said - as good as anything I've seen in Tasmania. As for this ridiculous forum, Anna is the only sensible person who has commented; everyone else is a c--khead."