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You Yangs - Flinders Peak Bolting? 6-Aug-2010 At 4:08:15 PM cruze

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On 6/08/2010 One Day Hero wrote:
>Look, from what Cruze said, it sounds like adding 1 bolt to some 2 bolt
>routes will make them a lot better.......I don't know why you'd bother
>to discuss that sort of reno, just do it. However, if the climbing is shitty
>with 2 bolts it'll still be shitty with 3 bolts (and I reckon the Youies
>all looked shitty).....might be better to pull the bolts and forget it
>ever existed. Unmolested rock is more valuable than a bolted up pile of
>shit which attracts no ascents!

You seem to be ignoring the fact that bolts in Victoria must be approved by at least three generations of past climbers before being voted on in a referendum requiring the support of not only a majority of climbers but also a majority of demographic minority groups. The placement of the bolts must then occur on the first full moon after the shortest day of the year and be blessed by the sacrifice of three differently coloured goats. Even then the bolts would probably be chopped/padlocked/debated on chockstone.

In keeping with gfdonc's original thoughts, the Flinders slabs really are a pretty nice spot. They are not visible except to climbers disappearing down off the walking track, the rock faces the cityscape in the distance, and the routes are actually quite varied and interesting for such a small area.