The bolts on the route Monster Munch 8b at Carn Vellan have been replaced. The route was originally bolted and climbed by Mark Edwards in the early 90s. After some controversy at the time, local meetings were held and vote taken leading to the decision to chop the bolts. This was done and the route has remained untouched until April this year. Now the badly-smashed resin bolts have been replaced with expansion bolts in an effort to start the debate once more.
More information on www.javu.co.uk. Scroll down for some replies from the likes of Des Hannigan and Pat Littlejohn.
Check the events diary to the right for the special meeting to be held this Saturday.
I would appreciate it if there was someone I could send a letter to about this, which coud be read out at the meeting. I can't attend for work reasons, but I'd like to make my case for the bolting of Carn Vellan...
You may contribute by sending your thoughts to me (I will be chairing the meeting). You hopefuly will be able to see the minutes on the BMC website in due course too. Any debating on this forum regarding the subject matter will be of interest to myself and I'm sure many others but the definitive debate, policy setting etc will happen at the meeting by debating and voting as required by the BMC.
Well, as a Cornish climber, I thought it was a well written and thought out article. I support its arguements entirely (even though I am unlikely to climb at such lofty grades). Dragging "Red Rose" into the discusion is an irrelevancy. It would also be a good idea to get a few facts straight: Barney has never placed a bolt or peg in Cornwall, however he is willing to articulate the case for those who choose to do so.
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