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Fixed gear guidelines in the Grampians 30-May-2018 At 6:39:00 PM rowan

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Climbing is a very young sport and could potentially be around for a long time.

So as a side note. If your going to have some bolting rules. (Is this what this thread is about? It's pretty long now.) How about consideration of bolt quality and replacability. If you could use an expansion bolt that could also be removed so the hole could be reused so we don't have to keep sticking holes in the wall. That would be great. Then your bolting wars would be far less destructive.

Having seen some of the sport routes in the bluies that have had 3 bolt replacements in less than 20 years had me thinking about how much of a mess they already look and wandering how long before the climbs are just a series of patched bolt holes.