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[Rick]

to danger.

The man {big business} has attempted to convince us that bolting
should be conservative. Their rationale is that it disturbs them in their
one week sojourns into Nature in Yosemite, in their pollution spitting
Hum-V's. These insects prefer not to see any evidence of our existence,
otherwise they would have to explain us to their girlfriends.

So they have made us politically correct for them.

They hate climbers because we are real. We can see through their fake watches, and power-seeking achievements.

Bolts are needed to save us from injury in falling. Big business
in America should be ignored on this issue, because [underbolting] is a policy that injures and kills people. Many Josh and Needles routes have been intentionally underbolted by ecotists [and the politically correct] that have tried to "out-man" their competitors, or to simply be correct.

Bolt whereever you feel it's safe. Nature makes new rocks everyday,
so don't heed to the Josh rangers, or the self-appointed experts.
Be like Gandhi. Break the law! Rock can always be repaired too.

When you are trully good, the bolts will be ignored by you anyway.
But if you have to start at square 1, then that is where it should be.

The rule should be this: don't limit yourself by excessive saftey. Keep the
edge of danger, or of some injury, such that you can advance.

It is a truth however that death advances no-one, so don't be foolish
about placement. 50ft up doesn't work. Nor does creating regions where
bottom pro has no benefit.