In reply to Cog:
I only started climbing in the 1990s so what went on in the 1980s and before is a bit of a mystery to me. I did know about the 40m E1 but had no idea who those guys were. I thought it strange they only recorded one route in the area when there is obviously a ton of rock to be climbed. Maybe they didn't want a stushie with the Goil Hill Team. I figured it wouldn't be them climbing at The Padlock or they would have recorded something.
I sort of assumed that anyone doing new routes back in the day was well versed in recording stuff with the SMC. Was there much of a culture of just doing stuff and leaving it unrecorded?
An instructor at the Lochgoilhead centre did mention that there had been a Lochgoilhead "new routes" book but it was lost in a house fire. I wonder perhaps if the Goil Hill Team were frequent contributors to that...
Anyway, perhaps it's better to all remain a mystery. I don't want to find out I've actually retro bolted all their best routes.
Edit: I seem to remember there was a time when the far NW was an area where stuff was left unrecorded. If that was a thing, it seems to have fallen by the wayside.
Post edited at 09:36