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The first grade 36 in Australia 13-Jul-2006 At 2:41:33 PM Nottobetaken

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On 10/07/2006 chalkischeap wrote:
>…..…. could be a long time coming.

Especially with people like this amongst the Australian climbing community…

On 12/07/2006 SirOinksALot wrote: (in another topic)
>On 12/07/2006 nmonteith wrote:
>>>Europe limestoen doesn't generally take and trad gear. It usuallly big
>>>sweepign walls of pockets, fins and
>>>edges. Where there are natural weaknesses (ie cracks) the rock is usually
>>>pretty chossy or vegetated.
>>>Sport climbign emerged form these areas as it was the practical way
>of
>>>climbing rock of this type.
>
>Bollocks!!!!
>
>It evolved out of sheer laziness and disrespect!
>I have climbed many european limestone sport routes with a rack of rocks
>and not clipped any of the bolts (and didn't chop the bolts or rename them).

f--- me – and there was I thinking that the dinosaurs had become extinct!

>It evolved out of sheer laziness…
Yes, it must be pretty lazy spending 46 days on a first ascent (one example) to eventually establish a new grade in a country – not to mention one of the most outstanding lines in the world. Far more lazy than onsighting something well below your limit – just so you can make it back down to the patisserie before closure time.

>I have climbed many european limestone sport routes with a rack of rocks
>and not clipped any of the bolts

Was that on the public walkway at El Chorro? There’s that laziness thing again… and if you didn’t want to go sport climbing – then what were you doing at a sport climbing area? Didn’t you know that there are over 12, 000 routes just over the Channel to place your gear on – and they’re not even very far from the nearest bakery either. You could have been back in the sofa, watching Coronation Street with a large custard slice before you knew it… If only you had known, eh?