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Chockstone Forum - Crag & Route Beta

Crag & Route Beta

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All NSW (General) (General) (General)  

Poll Option Votes Graph
Yes 37
86% 
No 6
14% 

Topic Date User
Nowra Guide Book 3-Feb-2011 At 12:05:11 PM hangdog
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On 3/02/2011 nmonteith wrote:
>But to be honest the routes that those guys bolted at Nowra were mostly
>partially trad and climbed Blue Mountains style aretes and faces and usually
>topped out. It took the younger guys to start gridding the grotty 7m high
>caves and installing lower-offs well below the top of the cliff.

Agree. No one has said that these guys invented sport climbing however they did take it another(if you could call it that) level. Their approach did change the way that bolted routes were established in other places as a result.

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