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Carrot failure @ Muline 29-Nov-2013 At 5:13:40 AM nmonteith

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On 28/11/2013 Wendy wrote:
>These are the bolts I bought from Phil (taken from climbinganchors.com)
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>Damo assures me they are trubolts under another name. Fixe not only calls
>them double expansions, leading people like me to think they work like
>normal expansions, but then claims they are better than other bolts. Hence
>i imagine I'm not the only person who thought they were good to place.
>Maybe this needs a little clarifying?

Sorry to sound grumpy Wendy, but you keep pointing out how inexperienced and clueless you are about bolting, then act surprised that you bought the wrong bolts. Please get someone with modern bolting experience in the Grampians (not elsewhere) to give you a tutorial before installing any bolts - especially on classic routes. Its plainly obvious to anyone with bolting experience that those are trubolts and not suitable for the soft rock at Bundaleer. Just because a shop sells it doesn't mean its OK. You should have the knowledge.