F Côté wrote:. To share the first bolt with Porcupine BBQ makes the difficulty more consistent throughout.
I think routes should be as independent as possible, if the start is to hard why not leave it to a stronger climber instead of having yet an other variation route, there's plenty of room between Hitchhiker and BBQ.... and for route consistency, it doesn't really apply outside, a route will either fallow a natural feature (weakness, dyke, crack...) or be a nice straight line.... difficulty will be determined afterwards...
this is my opinion, my 2 cents and in no way a rule hahah