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Ben Nevis - Shame on you. What a waste of a crag. 10-Aug-2009 At 1:42:32 PM ado_m

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On 10/08/2009 evanbb wrote:
>...You might think it's unsafe, maybe you're just not good enough? ...

Ouch!

Evan - There is alway some brit who's happy to solo anything in socks during a snow storm. Perhaps that's you. Doesn't mean the rest of us mortals can't wear shoes and use reasonable pro.

Or perhaps being from Canberra you don't appreciate how many shit granite crags there are in Victoria. They generally involve a fun drive, lots of choss, shit pro, friable rock, getting scared way way below your limit, praying for it not to rain, and drinking afterwards to celebrate not dying. I still visit them, because I like the adventure. But it would be nice if just ONE of them was marked as "open for decent bolting"! We might even get some fun sub 20 sport routes in this state, which would be a nice thing.

LET BEN NEVIS BE DECLARED TO BE THAT CRAG!

(I'm not saying that, for example, Pintle LHV needs a bolt after the crack runs out and you have a big run out...clearly, it's a classic, done all the time, leave it alone. But BH? Come on, let some common sense prevail...)