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Naming rights on FAs (aka The Law of Ming) 25-Jul-2006 At 11:31:31 AM Ronny

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On 24/07/2006 Paulie wrote:
>from - crap route name or not, it reflects the 1st ascentionists nature
>and may have a cool story behind it.

If TRing a route does not count as the first ascent (the point that BL is trying to make) then this misses the point.

>Claiming a TR ascent is a great way of recording a route in a guidebook.
>Consequently, if someone comes along at a later date and places bolts in
>it with the developer's permission...

I think this BS about the first ascentionist having to give 'permission' like they own the rock is crap to begin with (its not a free for all, but the 1st ascentionist should not have a power of veto), but even if it is the case THERE IS NO WAY that you get a power of veto over a route by toproping it.

It is just a question of whether the route should be bolted at all - TRing it has nothing to do with it.