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Sydney - North Head / The Gap POM review 13-Nov-2011 At 3:23:18 PM kuu

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On 13/11/2011 widewetandslippery wrote:
>Rope access wankers should know better than being photographed. I assume
>this from their 'we know what we are doing' comments.

Although rock climbing was prohibited in the existing (1998) Plan of Management and the new 2010 Draft Plan threatens to continue this approach, it seems that other activities, such as throwing yourself off the cliffs at North Head, are not specifically covered or prohibited by the legislation.

So, if the new Plan of Management is hastily modified such that the final document prohibits "wankers" will we all be happier and sleep more soundly at night? Sadly, I think not!

But Dave (aka wws) is correct. By proclaiming themselves as rock climbers, these guys should have known better. Even if the activity of bungey jumping (effectively what they've been doing) is not currently prohibited by the legislation, simply connecting it to climbing will do us a disservice in our attempts to have climbing at North Head legitimised.

It will be interesting to see how their window cleaning employers react to the publicity.

And as for Mitch Cameron, the photographer and informant(?) responsible for the media coverage, in a different legal environment his financial benefit from the exercise might have been subject to confiscation under "the proceeds of crime" laws.