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Carrot failure @ Muline 30-Nov-2013 At 2:05:41 PM nmonteith

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On 30/11/2013 Jim Titt wrote:
>On 29/11/2013 nmonteith wrote:
>>Exactly. Bundaleer and many of the steep crags in the Grampians are made
>>of rock in the lower end of the hardness scale. Remember that Europeans
>>bolt granite and limestone, not sandstone. Same goes for most a most
>American
>>sport crags. Red Rocks and Red River Gorge are major exceptions though
>>- where truebolts would also be crap.
>
>Hmmm. Maybe you mean the Euros have vast experience in bolting sandstone
>for at least a century and know not to bother with pissy little mechanical
>bolts?

Well many of the Europeans that end up bolting in Australia have no experience of sandstone. In 2009 we had two groups from two different countries placing expansions in the blue mountains. Both groups had bolted all around the world - with expansions.