Before it was "discovered" that placing and removing pitons or even chocks actually caused wear in the rock, the permanence of bolting was considered a negative

Before it was "discovered" that placing and removing pitons or even chocks actually caused wear in the rock, the permanence of bolting was considered a negative. Now you can look at it as, better to have something there permanently than to have gradually widening holes punctuating a fine crack. If you think it isn't sporting, just do the route solo free so you don't have any impact on the rock at all. /elitist /maybe