In reply to The Ivanator:
I went down last June/July sometime and got a few of the routes done, thanks for the bolting (donation to the appropriate fund also made for my group).
I have to say the comments on the UKC page, and elsewhere, about 'project thieves' are a bit off-putting though. I did one of the 'stolen' routes - fortunately about 2 months after it had first been climbed. It seems the routes weren't marked with tape/padlocks etc(?), so if I had come a few months earlier I might have been that person. I also wouldn't expect a 6a+ to be a 'project' - to be honest I would be surprised if anyone bolting routes couldn't onsight anything I would even think of climbing. I understand that you might bolt it one day and have to wait for a dry day to climb it, but a little bit of tape would last a few days...
Or maybe I am wrong in my reading of the UKC/SWMC pages and there was some indication it was a project at the crag (in which case the perpetrators should atone for their sins!). I just don't think it is reasonable, for easy routes, to always have the latest online printout and never climb anything that is not in it! Perhaps the comment about it on the UKC crag page could be removed/tidied up - it is very aggressive at the moment.
PS this isn't really supposed to sound as negative as it does! Mermaid Wall wasn't (or rather the bolts weren't) there when I was, but looks awesome for a future trip
Post edited at 21:28
Adrian Berry has recently succeeded in crowd-funding the money needed to equip a number of mid to low grade sport routes on the Gower.
