User talk:U3017146/Rock climbing in the summer Olympic Games, aiming too high?

Looks promising! Rock climbing in itself is a pretty political activity too, with the age old debate between sport and trad climbing, to bolt a cliff or not, and whether climbing plastic is really climbing. You might touch on some of this along the way to your main focus of sport climbing in the Olympics, if you have room. Nice to see this topic getting picked up :) Leighblackall 22:04, 10 October 2011 (UTC)


 * I really appreciate someone who understands the various debates within this wonderful sport. I will definitely explore these aspects as i think they are massive political debates that occur within rock climbing, especially is plastic really climbing? This ties in nicely with the competition side of things. I will explore rock climbing as a business from the local level here in Canberra right through to the international level. I worked at the climbing centre in Mitchell for 7 years so have a lot of background information, i was also one of the original competitors in the Canberra Rock Squad so i have a keen interest in this topic. :) Lauren Dobson 114.73.164.164 02:20, 13 October 2011 (UTC)