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03/2020 - NSW - Near miss bolt failure - sulphide

davedave

19-Oct-2020
12:02:19 PM

Edit - moved report over to the climbingaccidents website 16/09/2022 - photos should be visible there - Dave

Accident report: NSW - Near miss bolt failure - sulphide stress cracking.

PDF with photos

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dalai

19-Oct-2020
12:14:58 PM

Wow, so lucky not the bolt they were clipped into when organising the stick clip!

Thanks for posting.

gordoste

20-Oct-2020
8:11:42 AM

Thanks for posting!
This is a really great reminder that there's a lot we don't know about bolt failure mechanisms. I checked out the cragchemistry site and it's super interesting. Great to see actual science being conducted to answer some of these questions.

This could have turned out very differently if the climber used something static as a safety!

Ithomas

20-Oct-2020
12:03:43 PM

Here is a positive thought. This could have turned out very differently if the climbers had either used trad protection or simply top roped the route.

gordoste

22-Oct-2020
1:05:58 PM

On 20-Oct-2020 Ithomas wrote:
>Here is a positive thought. This could have turned out very differently
>if the climbers had either used trad protection or simply top roped the
>route.

Or just stayed at home.

capt_planit

8-Feb-2021
1:34:25 AM

Eeeks. Didn't see this until now. I routinely rely on single bolts...

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