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Hidden Gems - Arapiles 27-Apr-2017 At 6:34:17 AM Wendy

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On 26/04/2017 simey wrote:
>On 22/04/2017 Wendy wrote:
>>On 21/04/2017 simey wrote:
>>>Wendy is right... if you like uninspiring looking, non-descript routes,
>>>then Garden Wall has some real gems.
>>
>>I forgot how inspired I was by the descript appearence of Mohawk Hanky,
>>Eeyore's Thistles, Constance Little and Bolero wall. I really should
>just
>>follow Simey's judgement ...
>
>None of the these routes receive stars in the Select Guide. If you want
>to follow Simey's judgement, then choose the routes that are awarded stars.
>
>And Wendy, given the title of this thread is Hidden Gems, then I think
>you should look up the definition of gem.
>
I was working more from the definitions of hidden and select. I don't think anything in a select guide is hidden and anything in a select guide should really be a gem. And as Free Beer is not so much a gem as an acceptably nice route, I came up with an extended list of acceptably nice routes. Nicer than some of the "select" ones. But maybe I am also putting my situation on other - I have climbed everything up to about 23 in the select guide so I really am looking for "hidden" routes. Couer de Lion really is a gem. If you haven't done it, get on it.