In reply to jwi:
> I understand the column is supposed to be funny, and since humor is subjective there might even be people who found it amusing.
Oh Lordy, Lordy. Nothing kills a joke like having to have it explained but, for those who do, he is not taking the mickey out of Ondra or the route. He is laughing at - you might even call it satirising - those people who actually do complain that routes like Silence should not be bolted and he is doing by deliberately exaggerating their silly comments to a laughable level. And perhaps - sorry about this - also having a little chortle at humorless souls who fall for it and actually believe it is a genuine rant. Geddit now? I did warn you it would kill the joke.