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Check it

http://www.accessfund.org/boulderproject/

[Dr T]

should there be a uk wing/version of this???
does the BMC do enough?
can the BMC represent and educate everyone from mountainers to walkers to pebble wrestlers?
 

[Johnny Brown]

Blimey, liking the ghettospeak there, even includes a good article by Mick  :shock; :
http://www.accessfund.org/boulderproject/pub.php

[Jacqusie]

should there be a uk wing/version of this???
does the BMC do enough?
can the BMC represent and educate everyone from mountainers to walkers to pebble wrestlers?
 

Interesting that you ask if the BMC do enough. What would you like them to be doing? Another question would be - should the BMC be held to actually DO anything? - well in fact they ( well we! ) do -and its only with volunteers good will that (in the Peak in any case) they help fund access projects such as the plantations erosion project  - try to negotiate access at crags like Eagle Tor, Toad Hall etc, and look at the erosion of the holds on boulders by monitoring and repair...

I wish we could do more - but we value volunteers more than anything to help - and that means you guys when we have projects that need helpers.

Come along to any of the area meetings and have your say....

However I agree - the BMC could have its own branch of the access fund to concentrate nationally on bouldering issues - at the mo theres a small few Volunteers in the peak that concentrate on our own area - I hope that other areas see what we are doing and try to emulate it!

Cheers

Si
BMC Access REp

PS: Check out the latest ed of climbing magazine (US mag) for more Plantation/Access Fund info!

[Dr T]

However I agree - the BMC could have its own branch of the access fund to concentrate nationally on bouldering issues - at the mo theres a small few Volunteers in the peak that concentrate on our own area - I hope that other areas see what we are doing and try to emulate it!

 totally not having a go at the BMC, the access and anti-erosion work etc you guys do is great
 just maybe a dedicated "bouldering arm" of the BMC might make the work a bit more visable to boulderers!!

 the latest issue of urban climber (again US mag) has a big article about access and the boulder project with commentry from the man Sharma......

 as a soft southerner who climbs in the peak a big thanks to the locals that do volunteer up there ie the guys (and girls) who have been sorting the erosion at the plantation for example.... 

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I think the boulder projects goes along way to making access issues cool. That cant ever be a bad thing.  I'm not sure that the BMC is progressive enough to move that way.  This is not me having a go by any means, the work the BMC can do is excellent.  Its a shame that it can't work in a similar way to when people posted on here about sorting out the plantation.  Its all a big grass roots, not as slick and professional as the septics.  The bouldering commandments go along way to help though