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Trashing Tassie ... it's beyond salvation 17-Mar-2011 At 12:14:33 PM jesus

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Another reason crags get trashed ... is because ppl still cant differentiate between trad , sport , adventure ...

TRAD ... these days ... simply means routes where removable gear is used ... but in the Australian context , this might also include clipping the occasional bolt ... prefferably carrot ..

SPORT ... is a suburban-city -manufactured type of phenomenem , that is totally meshed in with the indoor gym climbing sub-culture ...

ADVENTURE .... well ... u lot still havent made the conceptual leap ...so I shall give u a bit more time to codgitate ...

FINGAL , for example , ONCE UPON A TIME , for a long time , had one of the greatest trad / adventure vibes in Australia .... now Gerry's ' Conan Via Ferretta ' , and his SPORT climbing gallery on the head wall , has changed all that forever ....

....had Sam Edwards used the natural pro that IS available on some bits of Sapphire Rose .... even that route would have fitted in nicely .... especially since it is ' miles ' from the ' classic ' trad / adventure routes ...

I also like Elaines dance ...

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