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Araps Rebolting 13-Jan-2006 At 7:09:38 AM cantcrimp

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Firstly I would like to point out that Kachoong and Mind Arthritus hasn't been retro-bolted. There has just been a ring place where a peg once was. The real problem in my opinion is the two sets of lower-offs so close to each other.

>Retrobolters tend
>to be people that can’t climb at the standard of the first ascent party.

I know a number of the guys doing some of the re-equipping/adding lower offs at araps and the are actually cutting edge climbers, Repeating a lot of hard/bold classics as well as establishing hard new problems. So I would call them REAL climbers.

So do people have a problem with any lower offs above Kachoong or just the fact that there are 2 sets so close to each other.