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Gramps guide.......is it true? 2-Sep-2009 At 10:58:30 AM f_abe

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Changing tack slightly (an uncommon event in these pages, I know), I am relieved to see that detailed descriptions for areas in the vic ranges are not to be included. Don't get me wrong, I'll probably buy the guide and happily wander around the rocks at stapylton checking out the descriptions, but I reckon (and I know I could well be alone in doing so...) that preserving a little bit of the unknown is a good thing. I have spent many happy days wandering the vic ranges alone (combination of often having no partner and the love of it) and found a lot of great problems, some with chalk on em, some without. But either way it doesn't matter. What does is seeing a line and wondering if I can climb it, without any preconceptions about grades, history, etc. Sure, lugging a mat (or even 2) through the scrub can be a bitch, and there are times when you find nothing. But finding a great problem when you least expect it can be pretty cool, especially when you wash your chalk off afterwards and leave the rock for others to find it as did you. All that's needed is a gentle nudge in the right direction, which it sounds like the guide will give. And I reckon that's a good thing. Bouldering in the gramps doesn't need to be all about Stapylton. But it doesn't need to be all about consumerism either.