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Rap points not in guide? 4-May-2006 At 2:46:32 PM Ronny

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Careful there BS, you're drifting into Bored's firing line...

The issue is about how to determine where there should be rap stations, and where not. You say they should be 'whereever possible'. If that were taken literally, all belays should be bolted, every route should have anchors at the top, some should have them part way up to allow people to bail, and there should be some random ones in the middle of blank walls as it is 'possible' to have one there. I'm sure that this isn't what you mean, so, the question is how to decide where to have them. There's a multitute of factors involved here, not limited to: safety, erosion control, not wanting to drill holes in the rock unnecessarily, scarring from old bolts, usage levels, convenience, the style of the nearby routes ... And you can weight those factors as you see fit.

Bored seems to think that 'less is more' (I must say I have some sympathy for that position), others differ, but this isn't (and can't be) a debate about absolutes.