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Big Trad Thong. 18-May-2011 At 10:13:14 PM vwills

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On 18/05/2011 dfinnecy wrote:
>The Rostrum it ain't. I wouldn't call it 5 stars, 3 seems about right.

I might have given it 2 stars- one for location/view/experience and one for the roof pitch and the fact that you do get to place some trad....
I am not unappreciative of the huge effort gone into developing such a line.
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>It is about expectations,

yes, and 5 stars mean I should be having a hotel californianesque/ experience. Vegetation, shale and snappage are par for the course at Pierces, but not 90% of the route.

I'm suprised>3 well-travelled and skilled climbers with loads of proud ascents between
>them which would put my poor climbing resume to shame gave the rock quality
>such a poor mark.

Flattery will get you places dfinnecy, but maybe thats the problem. We're spoilt. Other places I've multipitched in the last 12 months include Frenchmans, Cape Hauy, Organ Pipes, Mt Brown, Kaputar, Point Perp, Bungonia, Port Stephens, Wolgan, Grampians and Arapiles. In fact I had just returned from 6 days consecutive climbing at arapiles so perhaps my opinion of what constitutes fine rock is a little jaundiced. I think that although there are superb multipitch routes in the Blueys, as a generalisation rock quality isnt a strong point :)