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ringading 12-May-2006 At 11:58:20 AM Nottobetaken

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On 12/05/2006 nmonteith wrote:
>He works tirelessly to remove the retro-bolts. He is giving back to the
>community.

What - all 6 of them? He must be exhausted...

A pretty amusing post…

On 10/05/2006 drdeviousii wrote:
>Luckily, the NBF don't consider themselves to be part of the Victorian
>climbing community, which is just as well 'cause the Victorian climbing community thinks >them to be a bunch of tossers also…
Really? Funny how self-funded volunteers doing community work can get so much flack. Have you looked at the list of work they’ve been doing over the years (see Arapiles Re-bolting thread – page 7 - for details). If these guys are a bunch of tossers – then clearly you must think that the SCV are a bunch of wankers (and as for those Blue Mts drill-happy bastards…)
What’s this ‘opinion’ based upon?

On 10/05/2006 mousey wrote:
>the NBF
>wtf is up with those dudes? everywhere i went it was like 'oh yeh someone
>put bolts in here so you could rap safely, but someone chopped them, them
>put them in again and changed their mind and chopped them again' make up
>ya fricken minds!
The bolt chopping has nothing to do with the NBF…

On 11/05/2006 kieranl wrote:
>Boared and his mates would like you to think
>they're a bunch of tossers but thats not true. One of their leading lights
>is a climber of stunning ability and accomplishment. Generally appear to
>be motivated by good intentions.
I think that last line sums the NBF up. They are motivated by good intentions. Their main goal is to install rap anchors where they deem appropriate, and replace ancient fixed gear. They are by no means retrobolters – though some instances have crossed the line (in some people’s opinions). Wake up and smell the roses – these guys are doing a good job, and getting no thanks for it.