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Questions regarding routes, bolt and grades. 20-Mar-2018 At 12:51:28 PM bigchris

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On 20-Mar-2018 kieranl wrote:
>If the second bolt is 3.5 metres up with no other gear at the start of
>the second pitch it sounds like both bolts need replacing - unless that
>second bolt is a really easy clip. You don't want to think about taking
>a factor 2 onto the belay trying to reach the first bolt.

You wouldn't factor 2 onto the belay. You'd land on the floor of the cave which is about 4 meters deep by about 3 meters wide. Once you've climbed the first pitch you kinda scramble over a boulder and move further in to where the climb goes.

The bolt is relatively easy to clip, but I reckon one really good bolt would take the place of two crappy ones. The issue is (not a huge issue), because they are aid bolts, there in the way of where you put your back against the wall. I'd move the new bolt (or bolts) about 0.5 of a meter further in to the cave so they're out of the climbers way.