Recently I removed all the bolts from two sport climbs on Mt Amos in Freycinet NP. 

The climbs were:  ‘I Wish she were mine’ 19 and ‘No friends nuter ’’ 22. These climbs were in very close proximity to the main walking track to the top of Mt Amos. Although these climbs have been in place for a long time; as a community we have been facing increasing pressure - locally and nationally - from other user groups and land managers regarding our impacts. As the bolts visually impacted other user groups to the National Park it was decided after discussion with various climbers and the first ascensionists that it would be better to remove these climbs. I hope that climbers can more pro-actively manage inappropriate bolts in future rather than rely on land managers to tell us when we go too far. Our narrative of self management is more credible if there are examples like this to draw on.

Adam Donoghue

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