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551m or Balls to you 8-Feb-2005 At 11:31:46 PM dried rat

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In an article published [Australian Geographic, Number Seven,page 17]
Freedom Lost by Chris Baxter.
he wrote ..."many factors were considered",claimed the Director [ NPWS] "including the safety of climbers and the public interest".....Adventure for the sake of it is not apparently considered in the publics interest....any responsible adult has the right to pursue activities -even risky ones.
So if you think that climbing Balls Pyramid is frivolous and agreeing with a ban that was laid down by bureacratic dickheads who know what is "safe"...take up thumb wrestling,
The last few people to put forward a scientific exped. failed because of the NPWS policy on climbing and what they considered appropriate activites in National Parks , So why not go in flags unfurled do a good clean safe climb and who knows what the future might hold , after all more people die and get injured in plane crashes than climbing .