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Retrobolted anchors - Witch and Wishful Thinking 14-Dec-2018 At 6:29:50 PM Chloe

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On 10-Dec-2018 dalai wrote:
>On 10-Dec-2018 Chloe wrote:
>
>>why the setup is dumb if it has redundancy.
>
>Issue other than being totally unnecessary (so many easy to find natural
>anchors used by everyone the last 55 years prior to the retrobolt!) is
>that anchors on the face below the top shouldn't be regular hangers.
>
>An anchor unless easily reached from the top as questioned by Rodw should
>be able to have the rope threaded, as top anchors placed below the lip
>are usually intended to be used as loweroffs. This would be dangerous to
>do with these hangers.

Thank you (and rodw), for the feedback.