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Ethics Horribilis 21-Dec-2007 At 9:16:40 PM qman

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"Are you wrong to chop those bolts?

Should you simply leave the bolts even though they have changed the entire nature of the climb?

What is the right course of action in this instance? "

Cutting out perfectly good bolts is completely counter productive. and damages the route. The only bolts that should ever be cut out are those that are 1. dangerous. 2. in the wrong clipping location on a route.

The FAist getting antsi and chopping bolts is self indulgent, "holier than though", arogant and self defeating.

The nature, mantainance, replacement, upgrade etc of any equiping of routes at developed crags should be done by the stewards of an area and done in the best interests of the general climbing population (not the EGO of the FAist).

Some routes deserve extra bolts to those the FA put up.

In general bolts should only be used in the absence of good natural gear options.

but why leave one natural gear location on an otherwise bolted climb in a sport climbing area.

sometimes i think people go overboard with cleaning, bolting, "gardening" of new routes but i am still greatful for the effort they put in putting up new routes and crags. I dont have the time to put in the work they do.