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New toy at Sublime Point 8-Apr-2009 At 3:37:49 PM SummitSlag

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SportMonkey1 im backing you dude allthough i climb grade 25s and prefer rings anyday. i myself have never dropped a bolt plate ever but, im not the problem its the other people i take on these climbs with me.
i keep 20 bolt plates on my rack no matter how or with who i manage to lose them either by my partner leaving them on the rock thinking it was a fixed hanger,by dropping the thing or by simply forgeting to remove them or just plain and simple misplacing them in somone elses chalk bag.

i remember once climbing west face with a mate that climbs 23s. i lead the whole thing because of his fear of heights and exposure among other things, i know on the first pitch i placed atleast 7 bolt plates yet when he handed them over to me at the belay there was some already missing a asked him where the others went his reply was i didnt think they came off..
long story he went back down to get them and dropped all three that i was missing. i understand this was a simple mistake on his behalf he offered to pay for them i said said dont worry about it it was an accident. this has happened more than once being a multi pitch or a simple climb at medlow or mt york with many different people.

i think over the years i have spent atleast a couple hundred dollars replacing lost bolt plates. money which i think would be muchly appricated by the bolting fund if only there was someway that i could ensure they put rings in instead.....
And in saying this, i too was let down when i found that the new climb was bolted in the oldschool style.....
what a pity.....