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THE AUSTRALIAN RE, RETRO-BOLTING OPEN FORUM 13-Apr-2004 At 1:11:59 PM hex-TROLL

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On 13/04/2004 Damien wrote:
>If the argument is "horses for courses" - I think that the British grading
>system much more objectively honours a bold lead as much as a difficult
>lead, and provides vital information to the would be later ascentionist,
>and better conveys the achievement of the first ascentionist. In that system,
>someone coming out of the gym would be much better informed about what
>to climb - with plenty of respect for (and fear of) an E6 - they would
>be likely to steer clear of it, rather than thinking they will easily nail
>a 19 that actually turns out to be a death route.
>
>If people value boldness so much they couldn't really argue otherwise

SPOT-ON , DUDE !!!

In this day'n'age of globalisation/standardisation , now is the ideal time for Ewbank to stop strummin' his guitar long enuf, to encourage the introduction/addition of the 'E-system' , to the present robust , tho multi-dimensional-limited , 1>34+, ' australian grading system '.

Win,win,win : Good for the crags, good for rampaging aussie egos,good for the climbing-'culture' (respect , awe , clear-cut-cautions etc,etc,etc)

Luv,HEX