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Nowra Guide Book 1-Feb-2011 At 11:08:14 PM hangdog

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On 1/02/2011 rodw wrote:
>Most names were given due to the influences at the time...just because
>its sounds racist doesn't technically mean it is actually being racist.
>Some were inspired by Ice t and body count, others by what was heard while
>playing video games...others a reflection of the youth of the era who were
>putting up routes and the influences around them....taken in today's PC
>environment a lot of people view in shock and horror of "how could you"...but
>to censor now is to delete a large part of what Australian climbing was
>back then and shame on you.
>
>Nowra was the new era of climbing...developed by a new breed of climbers
>removed from the general bearded conservative traditional climber before
>them. They went to the US, saw what the world of sport climbing had to
>offer and arrived back into Australia with a big bag of rawls bolts and
>a vision. A vision very much different to what Australia climbing scene
>viewed at the time as the norm. Its not a vision you have to agree with
>but either way its now a part of Australian climbing history and should
>be preserved.
>
>Tis a sad day when this sport must bow down the political correctness
>crap that is prevalent today rather than viewing it as a part of climbing
>history in Australia and leaving it as is.
>
>Nowra was developed before climbing gym were the norm, before climbing
>forums were prevalent and when climbing by the general public was viewed
>as an outsider sport done by social misfits that no one understood..and
>it's a shame to water down our history just because a few individuals in
>the new greater climbing community might be offended.

Finally someone says what needed to be said. Well said(or written)