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Grid bolting at Windjammer Pt Perp 2-Dec-2014 At 1:13:48 PM uwhp510

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On 2/12/2014 surfziggy wrote:
>Chipping doesn't make it more fun, it might make it more easier.

It does if you can't do the moves. A grade 20 climber won't have much fun on a 27, whereas if you chip it back to 19...

>But I'm
>not advocating chipping.

Only because you're selectively applying the logic in your own arguments.

>Haven't most of them got carrots anyway?

Que? We're talking about the new sport routes, which didn't have any fixed gear until they were bolted. Some of the old routes have carrots, some have FHs but the key is that they (mostly) only have bolts where there aren't other gear options. The new sport routes are completely bolted, ignoring the many gear options along the way.