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Havachatwithhexy... 17-Jan-2006 At 11:09:04 PM The HEX

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Jonesy
>I couldn't agree with you more. Just out of intrest do you (or Simey or anyone else) >know of any bolts (or indeed pegs) at araps that have actually failed? I know of one >(Weeksy on Fortress -but that was a contrived situation). It might be important to place >it into perspective that bolts aren't exactly leaping out of the rock al la thailand. How >many of the hundred odd accidents that have occurred at Araps over the years have >been due to bolt failure? I know of two accident's in Oz (Rob Le Breton & Martin >Pircher) that occured due to bolt failure (not counting your arse puckering near miss >Dave J). Any one else --> some objective measure of the risk could shed more light...

> Say no to beta™

...these gotta be a balance there somewhere , Mikey ...

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