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Memorials / Plaques 5-Nov-2006 At 9:53:54 PM RNM

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So, as another plaque has been errected at Araps - maybe it's time for people to start coming up with some more constructive ways of comemorating loved ones.

There is now a plaque below Syrinx in memory of Cookie, the Policeman who made an error on that route and passed away as a consequence.

Perhaps someone who knows the man and his family/friends could talk to the family a little further down the line and suggest;

a) removing the plaque after a suitable period of time (maybe after a year?)

b) relocating it to a small rock/boulder in the area below

c) contributing to something more constructive, such as a bench seat, a picnic table for camp, money for bolt funds or track maintinance etc. This would seem a more appropriate way to comemerate a loved one, don't people think?

Everyone can understand friends and family needing to remember loved ones, and wanting to do something positive, but we need to channel that into something more appropriate than plastering plaques at the base of climbs.

Gentle words at poignent times would seem to be the best option - shame the oppertunity was missed, but perhaps a positive outcome can still be reached further down the track.