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Trashing Tassie ... it's beyond salvation 20-Mar-2011 At 12:50:40 AM jesus

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>>>Thats the title of this whole thread.

No its not .

>>>So the bolting in the rest of Tas sucks...

Not sayin that ...
Lets split that into WHATS being bolted and HOW its being bolted ...

Free Route on the Totem Pole gets the thumbs up , eg ...

Parkyns 20 bolt desecration of Sky Rocket ... and ... all the stuff Winston referred to ... get the thumbs down , eg ...

>>> therefore we should bolt at Ben Lomond?

No connection what so eva ...

My two carrot-bolt ADVENTURE route at western Ben is in existence to show that this common sense and RESPECTFULL route fits in perfectly with the REALITY of Tasmanian National Parks ( which does not necessarily equate with ' wilderness ') and U. s. & A . advanced rationality ...

... NOT fitting in with Gerry's ' once were warriors ... now are wankers ' hypocricy ...

National Parks at Freycinet are perfectly happy with bolting there ...

If your REALLY choking on your cornflakes over this ...then chat with Roger about his advice to Tas new routers...

>>>Wilderness crags with no previous climbing : If you're the first to climb at any cliff >>>then climbers aren't going to complain about placeing fixed anchors.

The day Gerry removes Fantinis tube chocks ... is the day I ...consider ... taking a shifter to the two carrot-bolts at western Ben ...