News from Jul 20, 2008

From Tony:

The Wellington Trust recently called a meeting of climbers to talk about parking issues and track clearance and maintenance, given a rapid increase in use of the area.

In a nutshell, they have come up with a plan to improve the parking, without going overboard, and have advised that they would prefer it if climbers would use as few tracks up to the cliffs as possible, to minimise bush cutting and erosion.

They are also willing to help with some track stabilisation where necessary. They are not talking about "improving" the tracks to a higher standard or encouraging non-climbers to use them.

The Trust would welcome comment and has asked climbers to discuss which tracks should be used and which need some remediation. Check out the suggestions and minutes (below) and share your thoughts so we can put forward a good cross-section of views at the next meeting - and any suggestions as to how we might celebrate 50 years of climbing on the Pipes... Cheers

Tony McKenny

Name	Size	Creator (Last Modifier)	Creation Date	Last Mod Date	Comment
ClimbersCarparkDesignNotes080715.doc	125 kB	Jon Nermut	Jul 20, 2008	Jul 20, 2008	Carpark improvement design notes
ClimbersCarparkImprovementDesign080704.pdf	3.24 MB	Jon Nermut	Jul 20, 2008	Jul 20, 2008	Carpark improvement design
RockClimbingMeetingNotes0805261.pdf	30 kB	Jon Nermut	Jul 20, 2008	Jul 20, 2008	Meeting notes 26/5/2008