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Bolting at The Horn, Mount Buffalo 13-Feb-2013 At 8:54:29 AM pecheur

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On 13/02/2013 Andrew Davis wrote:
>Ive spent far more time here than i have to spare so its time to get away
>from the screen and get outdoors but just want to make a couple of points.
>-There have been a number of broad sweeping statements which only apply
>to one particular thing but makes it sound like it effects climbs all over
>the horn
>-A few are prone to exaggeration and alarmist comments such as spraying
>bolts all over the horn, which understandably may raise some emotions if
>people took exaggeration as fact or imagined something even worse.
>-Finally people who are conservative or fundamentalist by nature tend
>to become far more fanatical than liberal thinkers. I dont feel strongly
>about this as others do. Just thought it was worth debating some other
>views, even if they did fall on deaf ears, before a suggestion on the
>second page was carried out. Good luck whatever whatever
>
I think you're of the misconception that a lot of the posters on this thread have a blanket apathy to bolts, especially Superstu. Quite a few of the people being critical of the actions at the Horn have placed their share of bolts, however on new routes or with permission of the FA ... I don't think most climbers are anti-bolting, we're anti-indiscriminate bolting.