In reply to Legs:
Thanks for updating us on this dismal situation. ... And, true to form, most UKCers don't appear to give a damn. Not one comment in three hours. Actually, I'm not nearly as optimistic as Alan on this thin end of the wedge thing. We live in a greedy, selfish society, in which many young people seem less enlightened, not more, and in about 50 years I suspect that most of our traditional crags will either be shut, highly restricted, or completely trashed with bolts. How can there be any room for optimism when a crag which has been open (with seasonal restrictions that have always been respected) for half a century is closed because of a dispiriting number of completely blinkered tw*ts?