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Lindfield Rocks 19-Aug-2010 At 2:06:33 PM kuu

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On 19/08/2010 rodw wrote:
>Carrots are not as visually obtrusive as rings, but I think rings would
>be harder to vandalise or remove than a carrot. From memory lindfield top
>is blessed with alot of solid bare rock a ways back from the cliffs edge
>so you could put anchors a fair way back at various intervals and just
>leave the orig carrots as directionals to avoid a swing on top rope if
>needed?

Correct! Carrots are significantly less obtrusive than rings (or U Bolts) and remember Lindfield is NOT exclusively a climbing area. It is a multiple-user zone so there is reason to suggest climbers should limit their (visual) impact where possible.
>
>Rings and carrots are no harder to install than each other...just depends
>on what you can source...with carrots normally being easier to get.

Yes, and perhaps preferable in terms of visual impact as mentioned above.

>The area is frequented by alot of abseilers too and having the anchors
>back far enough away from the edge might encourage them to use them rather
>than the trees which have always taken a beating.

Quite a few of the trees, particularly above the rocks, have already succumbed. This is probably more to do with changes to drainage resulting from Council's modifications of the upslope oval, and to Climate Change, than climber's activities. Besides, as an abseiling destination Lindfield Rocks is pretty limited. A 5 metre descent is not much of an introduction to the activity so most abseiling groups will choose a location where they can progress "pupils" from nursery slopes to significantly longer descents. Anyway, to put things in perspective, this is not an abseiler's forum, it's for climbers!