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wbw

Trad climber
'cross the great divide
Jun 30, 2015 - 08:38pm PT
If you're so incensed about the process used in Eldo for establishing new routes that have bolts, check out the link that Greggonator supplied. Anyone can see that multiple viewpoints are put in writing in the application. Factors for putting in the route, factors against, etc. The best thing about the process is that it actually works very well. It allows for a relatively small amount of new route development with bolts, and also the occasional new bolt anchor replacing an old tree anchor or something similar.

When I first moved to Boulder in the late 80's there was a lot of bickering and general nastiness going on, much of it centered around Eldo. I don't ever hear people complain about this current process, although I'm sure not everyone agrees with every single bolt. It truly is a model of how climbers and land managers can work together to maintain a special climbing area.
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