by Eager » Wed Jul 05, 2006 9:00 am
Again, I think the anchors were put in place because, 1. There isn't good, safe natural pro for anchors, and 2. trying to find suitable anchors would require degrading the site further. I agree that a company shouldn't place anchors willy nilly, and when guiding for Vertigo in the past I used natural anchors whenever possible. Someone from a climbing community that are sport route hungry could of easily bolted some of those problems as sport routes. The fact is there are anchors they served a justified purpose. It is a preservation area, i agree, which is why I said I never really cared for the anchors in the first place, but considering those bolts have been there for probably close to five years and no one has mentioned them until now, goes a long way in showing how much of a impact they make. Weren't we just talking about how inacessible learning to climb outside in NS is, about two months ago.