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Retrobolting at Bungonia 27-Jun-2012 At 8:45:33 PM Rocksinmyhead

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On 27/06/2012 Climbau wrote:
>Were you referring to glue-in rings? I assumed theyvwere the threaded
>HKDS that take the 16mm screw in rings. Hmm, makes quite annoyed that someone
>put glue-in ringbolts into a cave without it being an emergency. I don't
>remeber there being anything that couldn't be done with wire traces/slings/chimneying.

...and there's your "sport" v's " trad" ethic debate for caving.

Anyway, I would definitely have had already gone climbing at bungonia if some of the easier megaroutes had more bolts. Instead of umming and ahhing about whether I was good enough to get up the damn things, without getting hurt, or having to walk out in shame. But that doesn't mean I want to see more bolts, just that I was a better climber. Or how much would a hammer help?