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Rescue - Bunny Bucket 26-May-2014 At 11:45:44 AM PThomson

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Regarding the chopper at hanging rock yesterday: http://www.chockstone.org/Forum/Forum.asp?Action=DisplayTopic&ForumID=5&MessageID=11691&Replies=4&PagePos=0&Sort=#NewPost

We saw it too and had speculated an accident on the rope swing.

I've never backed off from any trad or multipitch before, and at the time both Neil and I were uncertain we made the right decision (because we MIGHT have JUST made it before dark... Though 3 pitches of obscure trad 23 encompassing some 130-odd-metres of climbing is hardly a speedy proposition) and we're both pretty tenacious (read: stubborn/pigheaded), but when I look at this "busy" weekend as a public perception disaster for adventuresport in hte Blueys, I'm glad we didn't risk becoming one more statistic to contribute.

Regards,

-Paul