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Carrot failure @ Muline 24-Nov-2013 At 10:28:50 AM nmonteith

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A lot of this discussion seems to be centered around placing bolts that are easy to replace. Can I counter that argument with...

a) Why preference one persons few hours of work in 50 years time (the rebolter) over the thousands of climbers who will be using the bolts day in day out in the meantime? A ringbolt doesn't spin, allows direct threading without leaving bail biners (these are left all over hard routes with FHs and make clipping a new quickdraw a pain in the butt - especially if the hanger also spins!). If it's well recessed and glue is carefully managed it will be less visible than a FH.

All bolts can be replaced with the right tools, technique and time. If you place something that last 50+ years this replacement may never need to be done again. Those painful few hours of work by one person in 50 years really is a very small price to pay for the enjoyment of climbers on the route during that time.