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VCC and ACAV, together on the sand??? 21-Sep-2019 At 11:46:09 AM dave_s

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On 19-Sep-2019 Crepuscular wrote:
>As far as I recall, when all the access stuff blew up in the media and climbers were being portrayed as environmental vandals the VCC president was completely MIA.

On 20-Sep-2019 dalai wrote:
>where was the VCC president when the bans blindsided the climbing community?

The notion that the VCC was absent during these incidents is absolute fiction. Here's what actually happened.

04/04/19: Parks add the infamous "hole in rock art" photo to their website.
05/04/19: CliffCare sends a letter to parks stating that the image "appears to be incorrect and biased information supplied by either Head Office or the Grampians office" and demanding they remove it.
26/04/19: The Age publishes an article in which Simon Talbot accuses the current generation of climbers of no longer being conservationists, and instead drilling boulders to set speed records. In response, I personally wrote to the journalist and demanded that he correct all the inaccuracies in his article, while Paula contacted Simon Talbot and demanded that he pull his head in. In response, he pledged to no longer comment in the media on the topic, and he appears to have stuck to that.

Martin, how about practicing what you preach and ceasing dividing the climbing community by attacking the VCC committee?