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Bodgy bolts 27-Aug-2015 At 3:54:47 AM pmonks

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On 26/08/2015 gnaguts wrote:
>What's wrong with it?

Hard to tell from the photo, but it's 1/4" and bent as fsck. Oh and the rock it's in isn't the best either (brittle greywacke).

>Have they got a Gap style techo fence to keep climber and other peeps
>away from the edge there as well?

Nah the GG Bridge is much more popular for jumpers (and doesn't have any kind of safety devices beyond cameras).

>> the rock gets bad (and the landing worse!) the higher you go.
>
>Duhhh. That goes with bouldering at lots of places yes?

There's a rock behind that gets closer as you climb higher - down low there's minimal risk you'll hit it but higher up you're likely to smack your head on it on the way down. Here's a pic - these problems are tucked right in near the cave, with the rock on the right a lot closer than it looks: