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A mob of us were up at Welly dam over the last few days and we noticed that a new line has been placed – great stuff! However… a fair bit of tidying up was done to remove (what we assumed to be) rock cleaned off this line from the grassed area, this included some sizable pieces. We did this for a number of reasons including the quarry is used by the general public, the rocks damage the lawn mowers, if you jump off before the first bolt it increases the risk of injury and most importantly if we don’t respect the place then this may jeopardise future access. So if for any reasons you do dislodge loose stuff please place it by the wall rather than leaving it where it falls.
Important feedback and thanks Krish. CAWA promotes environmental awareness and sustainable practices. See https://www.climberswa.asn.au/cawa/ethics/.
Significantly the first two items under the CAWA Code of Conduct, Environment are, E.1 Climbers are to show care for the natural environment surrounding crags and access paths and avoid wilful damage, and E.2 All rubbish is to be removed from climbing areas, regardless of who brought it.
This includes for cleaning up after route setting to minimise impact to the environment and to remove risk of injury. This is important anywhere where bolting occurs. Please help keep our environment in good shape and take out your trash 🙂I cleaned and bolted a route there a few weeks back however I definitely cleaned up every last scrap of rock from the grass. I stashed it all into a recess under a shelf at the base of the wall and even had a couple of Bunbury climbers help me do it. If it is the same rock I suspect that perhaps kids may have been mucking around with it. In that case my apologies and the lesson here is to excavate all loose rock well away from a general public area.
No blame being cast Jonas and good to hear you did clean up after :-). Everytime we climb there we end up picking some rock off the grass to keep the place clear, I was just putting it out there. Have you led your new line yet?
No, I haven’t had the chance to get back down there yet but I should get it done in the next week or two. Will keep you posted, cheers 🙂
