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2	USA	24171	14th November 2023 – 16th August 2026	785	179	2	840	2324
3	France	11776	14th November 2023 – 15th August 2026	258	125	1	542	1003
4	Switzerland	8789	14th November 2023 – 16th August 2026	74	41	1	297	1042
5	Spain	8244	15th November 2023 – 13th August 2026	88	73	0	441	885
6	Italy	4266	16th November 2023 – 10th August 2026	114	56	0	176	330
7	South Africa	3460	16th November 2023 – 15th August 2026	12	35	0	122	379
8	Germany	3053	16th November 2023 – 16th August 2026	115	47	0	102	221
9	Canada	3006	16th November 2023 – 13th August 2026	62	21	3	105	256
10	Japan	2386	16th November 2023 – 11th June 2026	74	11	0	96	227

	Date	Time	User	Type	Name	Attribute
38001	3rd February 2026	23:10:50 UTC	remus	climber	Jiří Novák	climber_name
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38002	3rd February 2026	23:10:50 UTC	remus	climber	Jiří Novák	country_membership
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38003	3rd February 2026	23:10:50 UTC	remus	climber	Jiří Novák	country_flag
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38004	3rd February 2026	23:10:50 UTC	remus	climber	Jiří Novák	gender
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38005	3rd February 2026	23:10:50 UTC	remus	climber	Jiří Novák	country_name
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38006	3rd February 2026	23:10:50 UTC	remus	climber	Jiří Novák	nationality
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38007	3rd February 2026	23:10:50 UTC	remus	climber	Jiří Novák	country_id
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38008	3rd February 2026	23:09:50 UTC	remus	library item	Mountain 128	Associate Editor
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38009	3rd February 2026	23:09:41 UTC	remus	library item	Mountain 128	Editor
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38010	3rd February 2026	17:49:36 UTC	remus	library item	Mountain 129	notes_pretty
Before <p><a href="/climber/1240/bernard-newman" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bernard Newman</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Disturbing reports are coming from climbers returning from Cornwall. It appears that several of the new hard routes on the West Penwith sea cliffs show signs of blatant hold manufacture, apparently by someone using a battery powered drill. It is particularly sad that this abhorrent practise has migrated southwards to Cornish granite from the Slate quarries of North Wales, where a precedent has been set by the leading activists there. This vandalism marks a very sad turn of events for British climbing, but is a predictable progression from the placing of bolts on virgin rock. The whining rhetoric of the chipper/ bolter is pathetic and totally out of keeping with the unique style of British sea cliff climbing. It usually runs thus: bolt protection makes the route go - makes it accessible and safe for more people, so while you're hanging there, Bosche in hand, why not make a few positive jugs to pull on too - who cares, the end justifies the means - doesn't it? [1]</p> </blockquote> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] Page 9</p> After <p><a href="/climber/1240/bernard-newman" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bernard Newman</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Disturbing reports are coming from climbers returning from Cornwall. It appears that several of the new hard routes on the West Penwith sea cliffs show signs of blatant hold manufacture, apparently by someone using a battery powered drill. It is particularly sad that this abhorrent practise has migrated southwards to Cornish granite from the Slate quarries of North Wales, where a precedent has been set by the leading activists there. This vandalism marks a very sad turn of events for British climbing, but is a predictable progression from the placing of bolts on virgin rock. The whining rhetoric of the chipper/ bolter is pathetic and totally out of keeping with the unique style of British sea cliff climbing. It usually runs thus: bolt protection makes the route go - makes it accessible and safe for more people, so while you're hanging there, Bosche in hand, why not make a few positive jugs to pull on too - who cares, the end justifies the means - doesn't it? [1]</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="/climber/1012/ken-wilson" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ken Wilson</a> writes in:</p> <blockquote> <p>Dear Sir,</p> <p>Like John Hart's arguments, Mark Robinson's reply to my warnings about bolting (Mountains 125 and 128) is couched in the soothing terms of modernistic logic, dismissing yesterday's climbing as an ancient relic. Yet his complacency is breathtaking - either that or he is a cynical fifth-columnist out to subvert the body-climbing.</p> <p>We must concentrate on what already exists. In Britain and America we have a marvellous legacy of rock climbs, in all grades, established over the years from a consensus philosophy based on adventure. Put simply, in today's terms, this means using nuts to protect climbs up unprepared cliffs. In Germany, France and Italy, despite a brief period of nut use in the early seventies, the crags are now, for the most part, rigged up with bolts and pegs. Many of these crags will accept nuts (even Buoux and St. Victoire) but continental climbers have absolutely no intention of using nut's, they want their sport sanitised, lobotomised and safe. These attitudes are now given legitimacy by what is happening at the hard end of the sport, either on the blank overhanging walls of Buoux or in competitions or in the many adverts that litter the magazines.</p> <p>In a recent communique from <a href="/crag/20119/verdon-gorge" rel="noopener noreferrer">Verdon</a>, we have learned that an early <a href="/climber/532/ron-fawcett" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fawcett</a> route done with nuts has now been neutered with bolts. A climb gelded and made safe and a telling example that the French do not give a fig for style and tradition.</p> <p>What Mark Robinson, and those who agree with him, might care to consider is do they want all the fine climbs of Yosemite and <a href="/crag/8123/shawangunks" rel="noopener noreferrer">the Gunks</a>, <a href="/crag/457/clogwyn-du'r-arddu" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cloggy</a> or Carn Dearg, to be rigged up with bolts, or do they wish to preserve the nut culture. "How about rigging up all those trad climbs on the Cookie cliff with bolts and come to think of it there are some quite unjustifiable run outs on the Apron - lets have some nice juicy bolts every ten feet. While you're at it lets have a full quota of bolts added to the Nose and it really is tiresome having to place nuts in Supercrack." I believe the nut culture is both ethically, adventurously and ecologically desirable. Ironically it is more important in the lower grades than on the had climbs. When one is less able of unfit (as I frequently am), one welcomes climbs that have a broader challenge than the mere gymnastic.</p> <p>I may be alarmist in my warnings - I hope I am - but after seeing the results in France I am truly fearful that the same will come to Britain and America, ushered in by the new culture that surrounds the world of competition climbing and the redpoint hangdog yoyo syndrome on the overhanging crags. We have to decide now what is worth preserving and I humbly suggest that the thousands of climbs that have been established in this ethos (which includes some pretty powerful stuff) should be maintained in their present state, and moreover not made to look ridiculous by establishing bolt protected routes alongside them.</p> <p>Also we should, I believe, do our best to ensure that as many new climbs as possible maintain that tradition - particularly on the challenging high rock walls around the world that await the attentions of the modern super-climbers (when they can tear themselves away from the plastic competition crags) who will tackle them, one hopes, with nuts and friends and not with the despicable bolt gun. Sign the pledge Mr. Robinson and Mr. Hart if you really care about the future of climbing! [2]</p> </blockquote> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] Page 9</p> <p>[2] Page 49</p>
38011	3rd February 2026	17:49:36 UTC	remus	library item	Mountain 129	notes
Before [Bernard Newman](/climber/1240/bernard-newman): > Disturbing reports are coming from climbers returning from Cornwall. It appears that several of the new hard routes on the West Penwith sea cliffs show signs of blatant hold manufacture, apparently by someone using a battery powered drill. It is particularly sad that this abhorrent practise has migrated southwards to Cornish granite from the Slate quarries of North Wales, where a precedent has been set by the leading activists there. This vandalism marks a very sad turn of events for British climbing, but is a predictable progression from the placing of bolts on virgin rock. The whining rhetoric of the chipper/ bolter is pathetic and totally out of keeping with the unique style of British sea cliff climbing. It usually runs thus: bolt protection makes the route go - makes it accessible and safe for more people, so while you're hanging there, Bosche in hand, why not make a few positive jugs to pull on too - who cares, the end justifies the means - doesn't it? [1] ### References [1] Page 9 After [Bernard Newman](/climber/1240/bernard-newman): > Disturbing reports are coming from climbers returning from Cornwall. It appears that several of the new hard routes on the West Penwith sea cliffs show signs of blatant hold manufacture, apparently by someone using a battery powered drill. It is particularly sad that this abhorrent practise has migrated southwards to Cornish granite from the Slate quarries of North Wales, where a precedent has been set by the leading activists there. This vandalism marks a very sad turn of events for British climbing, but is a predictable progression from the placing of bolts on virgin rock. The whining rhetoric of the chipper/ bolter is pathetic and totally out of keeping with the unique style of British sea cliff climbing. It usually runs thus: bolt protection makes the route go - makes it accessible and safe for more people, so while you're hanging there, Bosche in hand, why not make a few positive jugs to pull on too - who cares, the end justifies the means - doesn't it? [1] [Ken Wilson](/climber/1012/ken-wilson) writes in: > Dear Sir, > Like John Hart's arguments, Mark Robinson's reply to my warnings about bolting (Mountains 125 and 128) is couched in the soothing terms of modernistic logic, dismissing yesterday's climbing as an ancient relic. Yet his complacency is breathtaking - either that or he is a cynical fifth-columnist out to subvert the body-climbing. > We must concentrate on what already exists. In Britain and America we have a marvellous legacy of rock climbs, in all grades, established over the years from a consensus philosophy based on adventure. Put simply, in today's terms, this means using nuts to protect climbs up unprepared cliffs. In Germany, France and Italy, despite a brief period of nut use in the early seventies, the crags are now, for the most part, rigged up with bolts and pegs. Many of these crags will accept nuts (even Buoux and St. Victoire) but continental climbers have absolutely no intention of using nut's, they want their sport sanitised, lobotomised and safe. These attitudes are now given legitimacy by what is happening at the hard end of the sport, either on the blank overhanging walls of Buoux or in competitions or in the many adverts that litter the magazines. > In a recent communique from [Verdon](/crag/20119/verdon-gorge), we have learned that an early [Fawcett](/climber/532/ron-fawcett) route done with nuts has now been neutered with bolts. A climb gelded and made safe and a telling example that the French do not give a fig for style and tradition. > What Mark Robinson, and those who agree with him, might care to consider is do they want all the fine climbs of Yosemite and [the Gunks](/crag/8123/shawangunks), [Cloggy](/crag/457/clogwyn-du'r-arddu) or Carn Dearg, to be rigged up with bolts, or do they wish to preserve the nut culture. "How about rigging up all those trad climbs on the Cookie cliff with bolts and come to think of it there are some quite unjustifiable run outs on the Apron - lets have some nice juicy bolts every ten feet. While you're at it lets have a full quota of bolts added to the Nose and it really is tiresome having to place nuts in Supercrack." I believe the nut culture is both ethically, adventurously and ecologically desirable. Ironically it is more important in the lower grades than on the had climbs. When one is less able of unfit (as I frequently am), one welcomes climbs that have a broader challenge than the mere gymnastic. >I may be alarmist in my warnings - I hope I am - but after seeing the results in France I am truly fearful that the same will come to Britain and America, ushered in by the new culture that surrounds the world of competition climbing and the redpoint hangdog yoyo syndrome on the overhanging crags. We have to decide now what is worth preserving and I humbly suggest that the thousands of climbs that have been established in this ethos (which includes some pretty powerful stuff) should be maintained in their present state, and moreover not made to look ridiculous by establishing bolt protected routes alongside them. > Also we should, I believe, do our best to ensure that as many new climbs as possible maintain that tradition - particularly on the challenging high rock walls around the world that await the attentions of the modern super-climbers (when they can tear themselves away from the plastic competition crags) who will tackle them, one hopes, with nuts and friends and not with the despicable bolt gun. Sign the pledge Mr. Robinson and Mr. Hart if you really care about the future of climbing! [2] ### References [1] Page 9 [2] Page 49 Diff --- before +++ after @@ -5,6 +5,24 @@ but is a predictable progression from the placing of bolts on virgin rock. The whining rhetoric of the chipper/ bolter is pathetic and totally out of keeping with the unique style of British sea cliff climbing. It usually runs thus: bolt protection makes the route go - makes it accessible and safe for more people, so while you're hanging there, Bosche in hand, why not make a few positive jugs to pull on too - who cares, the end justifies the means - doesn't it? [1] +[Ken Wilson](/climber/1012/ken-wilson) writes in: + +> Dear Sir, + +> Like John Hart's arguments, Mark Robinson's reply to my warnings about bolting (Mountains 125 and 128) is couched in the soothing terms of modernistic logic, dismissing yesterday's climbing as an ancient relic. Yet his complacency is breathtaking - either that or he is a cynical fifth-columnist out to subvert the body-climbing. + +> We must concentrate on what already exists. In Britain and America we have a marvellous legacy of rock climbs, in all grades, established over the years from a consensus philosophy based on adventure. Put simply, in today's terms, this means using nuts to protect climbs up unprepared cliffs. In Germany, France and Italy, despite a brief period of nut use in the early seventies, the crags are now, for the most part, rigged up with bolts and pegs. Many of these crags will accept nuts (even Buoux and St. Victoire) but continental climbers have absolutely no intention of using nut's, they want their sport sanitised, lobotomised and safe. These attitudes are now given legitimacy by what is happening at the hard end of the sport, either on the blank overhanging walls of Buoux or in competitions or in the many adverts that litter the magazines. + +> In a recent communique from [Verdon](/crag/20119/verdon-gorge), we have learned that an early [Fawcett](/climber/532/ron-fawcett) route done with nuts has now been neutered with bolts. A climb gelded and made safe and a telling example that the French do not give a fig for style and tradition. + +> What Mark Robinson, and those who agree with him, might care to consider is do they want all the fine climbs of Yosemite and [the Gunks](/crag/8123/shawangunks), [Cloggy](/crag/457/clogwyn-du'r-arddu) or Carn Dearg, to be rigged up with bolts, or do they wish to preserve the nut culture. "How about rigging up all those trad climbs on the Cookie cliff with bolts and come to think of it there are some quite unjustifiable run outs on the Apron - lets have some nice juicy bolts every ten feet. While you're at it lets have a full quota of bolts added to the Nose and it really is tiresome having to place nuts in Supercrack." I believe the nut culture is both ethically, adventurously and ecologically desirable. Ironically it is more important in the lower grades than on the had climbs. When one is less able of unfit (as I frequently am), one welcomes climbs that have a broader challenge than the mere gymnastic. + +>I may be alarmist in my warnings - I hope I am - but after seeing the results in France I am truly fearful that the same will come to Britain and America, ushered in by the new culture that surrounds the world of competition climbing and the redpoint hangdog yoyo syndrome on the overhanging crags. We have to decide now what is worth preserving and I humbly suggest that the thousands of climbs that have been established in this ethos (which includes some pretty powerful stuff) should be maintained in their present state, and moreover not made to look ridiculous by establishing bolt protected routes alongside them. + +> Also we should, I believe, do our best to ensure that as many new climbs as possible maintain that tradition - particularly on the challenging high rock walls around the world that await the attentions of the modern super-climbers (when they can tear themselves away from the plastic competition crags) who will tackle them, one hopes, with nuts and friends and not with the despicable bolt gun. Sign the pledge Mr. Robinson and Mr. Hart if you really care about the future of climbing! [2] + ### References -[1] Page 9 +[1] Page 9 + +[2] Page 49
38012	3rd February 2026	17:41:26 UTC	remus	library item	Mountain 129	Contributor
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38013	3rd February 2026	17:40:49 UTC	remus	library item	Mountain 129	Summit Features
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38014	3rd February 2026	17:40:17 UTC	remus	library item	Mountain 129	Contributor
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38015	3rd February 2026	17:39:24 UTC	remus	crag	Sron na Ciche	crag_name
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38016	3rd February 2026	17:39:05 UTC	remus	ascent	Gary Latter's ascent of The Highlander	Ascent #
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38017	3rd February 2026	17:39:04 UTC	remus	ascent	Gary Latter's ascent of The Highlander	ascent_dt_start
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38018	3rd February 2026	17:39:04 UTC	remus	ascent	Gary Latter's ascent of The Highlander	ascent_type_id
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38019	3rd February 2026	17:39:04 UTC	remus	ascent	Gary Latter's ascent of The Highlander	notes
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38020	3rd February 2026	17:39:04 UTC	remus	ascent	Gary Latter's ascent of The Highlander	ascent_style_id
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