Boy, I must be thick, the penny has now dropped. I get it now........
The first ascentionist(s) have a god given right to a piece of rock that they do not own, irrespective of the decisions they make regarding fixed protection.
So by extrapolation, if Wolfgang Gullich placed one bolt at 2/3 height on Punks, all repeat aspirants should : top rope, re-write their wills, inflate a jumping castle underneath, attach the draw/rope with a cherry picker on one of the nicest pieces of rock at Arapiles for time immemorial. |