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death bolts and tree cutting at Earlwood 5-Mar-2010 At 11:01:12 AM rockranga

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As a climber who knows very little about installing bolts and such it's good to know there's a few people out there who are willing to put the time and effort into fixing the atrocious, and potentially deadly, bolting jobs that inexperienced people have put up.

The first bolt from Mike's post is easily recognisable as junk and only idiots would rely on it to catch a fall, however the ring in Neils post looks a lot more legit so i doubt a lot of people would think twice about clipping it. The only real giveaway is the crappy glue job around the edges so lets hope these clowns don't get better at making their bolts 'neater', otherwise, we're all in a lot of trouble.

So thank you both for
1. noticing this problem in the first place, and
2. making the effort to repair the damage as best you can.

It's not your job or responsibility so i'm sure a lot of people on chocky (and in the climbing community in general) are very apprecitive of your efforts. I know I am!!

It's a shame about the trees being cut and the eventual mud that's going to cover the face of that cliff (if only in the short term), a very good example of inexperienced people (who have probably just started climbing) making terrible decisions, terrible for the environment and terrible for whoever is unlucky enough to clip those death bolts thinking they're safe.

Good work guys, thank you