Chockstone Forum

      Sponsored By
      ROCK
   HARDWARE

Chockstone Photography

Australian Landscape Prints

Chockstone Forum - General Discussion

General Climbing Discussion

Topic Date User

Manufacturing 16-Jun-2005 At 12:11:54 PM jiminy cricket

Message

On 16/06/2005 nmonteith wrote:
>Glue on a camo gym hold. If someone in the future does the move without
>it - then just tap the hold off with a hammer - and the route will return
>to its 'pristine' state. Of course the line of bolts and hangers will be
>as ugly as shit always.

Well, better than chipping I guess.

On a related point, the fear involved in runouts means that for me, bolts reduce the difficulty of a climb. So, perhaps, a little like chipping, bolts are a permanent reduction in the difficulty of a climb in which a better, bolder climber might do without. I sometimes find it contradictory that the majority of people (myself included) accept bolts if they make a climb safer in the absence of natural placements, but are vehemently opposed to any other form of "enhancement". I guess people see safety as the overriding issue.

Please note: I'm not trying to bring up another bolting argument, or criticising the hard work that other people are putting, just using something similar, but largely accepted, as a comparison.

Jim