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NEWS: UKC Thread Prompts Pembroke Fixed Gear Reflection

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UKC News 18 Jun 2009

A passionate thread regarding the state of peg protection in Pembroke has sparked a major ethical debate.

How will modern guidebooks and climbers deal with the rusting relics of a bygone era?

Read more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=47990

whispering nic 19 Jun 2009

In reply to UKC News:
Oh Dear.

Don't etc really want to get shot down in flames, but as ever where there's a bolt there's a controversy. They have their place in protecting cliff top environments.

More bolts pleez

Chris Craggs Global Crag Moderator 22 Jun 2009

In reply to UKC News:

I took a stack of pegs out of Cornish cliffs about a decade ago (often by hand!) and almost invariably, whatever the head looked like the metal in the rock was in a worse state!

Chris

Brendan Hanratty 29 Jul 2009

In reply to UKC News: maybe the answer is to grade the route as if the pegs were not there but mention them in the route description?

kevin stephens 29 Jul 2009

In reply to Brendan Hanratty:
alternately read he article and link to the original thread to see how your suggestion was discussed and avoid groundgog day