Thanks, everyone. I'm still hoping to get Glenn and/or Hamish on the route, to comment on what's been done. One of the reasons that the bolts were overdrilled was of course so that if Glenn, Hamish or others who were active in the 1960s think that any are inappropriate, they can be disappeared without too much fuss. (Yes, I still need to get up there and remove the old scrap, and do some patching.) I'm not sure how a route can be whitewashed, though.
I'd be reluctant to add bolts to Bran Flakes. There are already two routes on that slab that are exciting, but tolerably protected. (Question of Balance and Pig Dogs.) Although I was involved in Bran Flakes - I placed the first bolt - it always seemed something of a grid bolt thing to me, even in 1978. Its only saving grace being that it has few bolts, although it's not desperate. Given developments elsewhere on the Apron, grid bolting is rather a concern. And it's not like QB is much different from Bran Flakes. I could ask Peter and Tami what they think.
I'd be very reluctant to see bolts added to Eric's Route, both due to the above reasons, and in memory of Eric. I'm not sure if the bolts were ever replaced, so that could be done, and it could be cleaned up a bit. There's nothing wrong with having a few scary routes, e.g. Grim Reaper.
Spent today looking at Pineapple Peel, doing a bunch of brushing. It looks like it will be worth the effort, including a mandatory tree climb on the first pitch (
, a wandering slab pitch (~5.
, a groove pitch leading to a short 5.8 slab (sort of like the one on Sparrow), then perhaps a new pitch linking in to the upper part of Slab Alley. There are only two bolts on it now, and I need to talk with Frank and Terry, to hear their thoughts.
Warning: Pineapple Peel and the area around it may be somewhat dirty for the next while.