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Black Range cease bolting request 28-Oct-2017 At 6:43:20 AM IdratherbeclimbingM9

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On 28-Oct-2017 Wendy wrote:
>On 25-Oct-2017 IdratherbeclimbingM9 wrote:
>>On 25-Oct-2017 JimmyS wrote:
>>>Most of the recently bolted stuff is filler anyway, place is basically
>>>tapped out. An end to it here makes sense I think.
>>
>>Fair enough, but it sounds to me like the most recent ‘fillers’ were
>particularly
>>insensitive.
>>
>>I may well be written off as an old fart trad climber, but it seems to
>>me that the new generation of bolters have a lot to answer for, and I
>very
>>much hope that they don’t stupidly stuff up access for the rest of us
>in
>>their zealous endeavours.
>
>I hate to ruin a good old bag out of new generation, gym trained, no idea
>bumblies, but um, most these routes were actually put up by an older, very
>experienced climber who I doubt sees the inside of gym much more I than
>I do. It doesn't take me long to think of people whose actions generally
>concern me more.
>
>(snip)

I apologise for my over-generalised reactionary statement to any who have been wrongly accused.

Wendy, your further information comes as a surprise and also a disappointment (re its content) to me, though I’m not ignorant of the fact that climbing and bolts have always been controversial for some (in an over-view sort of way), even in the ‘best’ of situations, which this thread topic clearly isn’t.