Rocker Paully wrote:I guess the main thought I'm trying to invoke is: when is it okay to badly scar the rock for the sake of climbing it?
Paully, IMHO ..... This is chipping. So to answer your Q, never.
gk
by Guyzo » Tue Dec 08, 2009 2:19 am
Rocker Paully wrote:I guess the main thought I'm trying to invoke is: when is it okay to badly scar the rock for the sake of climbing it?
by Guyzo » Tue Dec 29, 2009 6:41 pm
by Day Hiker » Tue Dec 29, 2009 7:34 pm
Guyzo wrote:Over on the Taco..... I read some credible reports that the deadly climb known as "Double Cross 5.7" PG has been, in the interests of common safety, BOLTED......
We are on a mission, today, to remove the atrocity.
No power removal tools will be used.
Who wishes to join me?
Hidden Valley parking lot 12/30/09 at hi noon....
Happy New Year.
by ksolem » Tue Dec 29, 2009 7:48 pm
by Day Hiker » Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:48 pm
ksolem wrote:The appropriate removal technique depends mostly on the type of bolt used. The kind of rock and quality of placement matter also, but in order to know what tools will do a clean job you have to know what kind of bolts were used.
Some can be disassembled and removed easily, some can be pried out with a "tuning fork" type tool, some are nearly impossible to pull without scarring up the rock badly. In my experience a material called "instacrete" works well for patching the old holes, or mix some local crushed rock into epoxy putty.
My tuning fork for 1/4 & 5/16 inch bolts:
Got a close up picture?
Seems pretty lame setting uneeded fixed anchors in a wilderness canyon. PM me if you can id or photograph the bolts.
by ksolem » Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:47 pm
by taxinvestor » Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:46 pm
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