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The 9-Feb-2009 At 5:30:40 PM manacubus

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On 9/02/2009 nmonteith wrote:
>On 9/02/2009 Tris wrote:
>>Many of the bolts which were pulled out of Urbanville (NSW) recently
>came
>>out with minimal effort. These bolts were the stailess steel machine
>bolts
>>with a dab of araldite on the end (not technically a carrot bolt). All
>>they needed was a 1/4 turn and then you pull them out.
>
>Dodgy! I remember there were quite a few coach screws hammered in as 'carrots'
>at Urbenville when i climbed there in the 90s. You could see the thread
>sticking out on the under driven bolts.

No failures though. On the easy angle slabs it's amazing what will stay in. I wonder how long it will take until the climbers of the day are calling our glue-in U bolts and ringbolts "dodgy" and in dire need of replacement?