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Flinders Lane rap anchor (Araps) 3-Apr-2012 At 5:07:36 PM jezza

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>Change of tack to abuse. That'll work.
Ha, like anything would 'work'. I started this thread 'cause I was surprised there wasn't an anchor there and wanted to know why. Did you figure I was hoping someone would say 'Hey that's a great suggestion, let's do it'? Chockie's not like that. It's about washed out old dudes taking the crap out of each other, with some videos thrown in from time to time. :)

>Actually convenience, safety and erosion prevention are all jumbled in
>together.
Agreed, probably the wisest thing anyone's said on this thread.

>You could argue for a rap anchor from Flinders Lane to help reduce
>traffic down the track below Ali's but you seem to have gone the dummy-spit
>instead.
An anchor would help with erosion in several places on Flinders Lane, the cave, Alis, Fang, Bard, and down the bottom of Tiger. Your party would only have to make one trip along Tiger, not two. Na haven't spat the dummy, honestly. Just curious about why there wasn't an anchor there.

>As some of us have pointed out there are some problems with your suggested
>route. These are mainly related to the impact on one of Arapiles classic
>climbs, Kestrel. Turning it into a descent route, and one with rockfall
>potential at that, isn't acceptable.
I don't know if I agree with that, though maybe you're right. It'd have much more effect on Skylark and Skylark Direct. The rocks could get moved out of the way. There's also an anchor on Good, Bad and Ugly and another at the end of Marbuck that could (possibly) be used instead of the one of Kestral/Skylark.