Contributed Photos |
| Photo |
Caption |
Location |
Great Image |
Date |
| The "cheap" bolt from Lowe's didn't fail but it also got pretty mangled along with the old hanger leftover from the Puoux rebolting efforts. Of course, it experienced a straight out pull, on | Michael Schneiter : Bolt Drop Test | 1 person | Jun 7, 2009 |
| The gate on the carabiner popped outside the biner and wouldn't return. Pretty wild to think about the forces involved. | Michael Schneiter : Bolt Drop Test | | Jun 7, 2009 |
| The bolt, hanger and biner on the test block got kind of mangled but didn't fail. | Michael Schneiter : Bolt Drop Test | | Jun 7, 2009 |
| And the result: The flake held and the test block was left swinging in mid air. However, I was so amazed that the flake held that I went up and checked it out with a crowbar. It easily came out when l | Michael Schneiter : Bolt Drop Test | | Jun 7, 2009 |
| The drop test block in position. It was set up to simulate a leader fall from the bolt above the suspect bolt with some slack in the system to simulate pulling up slack to clip the bolt, etc. The bolt | Michael Schneiter : Bolt Drop Test | | Jun 7, 2009 |
| Looking up at the drop test block in position at the bolt above the suspect bolt. | Michael Schneiter : Bolt Drop Test | | Jun 7, 2009 |
| "On belay" | Michael Schneiter : Bolt Drop Test | | Jun 7, 2009 |
| A "cheap" wedge bolt from Lowe's and an old hanger salvaged from the Puoux rebolting efforts. | Michael Schneiter : Bolt Drop Test | | Jun 7, 2009 |
| The drop test dummy. Weighed in at 200 pounds on a bathroom scale. | Michael Schneiter : Bolt Drop Test | | Jun 7, 2009 |
| The suspect bolt. | Michael Schneiter : Bolt Drop Test | | Jun 7, 2009 |
| The suspect bolt. | Michael Schneiter : Bolt Drop Test | | Jun 7, 2009 |
| The suspect bolt placement. A flake that is clearly cracked all the way around. You can do a thin hand jam between the flake and the wall. | Michael Schneiter : Bolt Drop Test | | Jun 7, 2009 |
| Pussy Pie at the Surgery Buttress, Glenwood Canyon. | CO : Glenwood Springs : ... : Smells Like Pussy (5.10d) | | May 21, 2009 |
| A new 1/2" stainless bolt on Urban Cowboy. | Michael Schneiter : Puoux Rebolting Photos | | May 20, 2009 |
| An old 3/8" bolt on Urban Cowboy. | Michael Schneiter : Puoux Rebolting Photos | | May 20, 2009 |
| Old hardware from the Puoux rebolting work. | Michael Schneiter : Puoux Rebolting Photos | | May 20, 2009 |
| The old hole next to the new bolt on the 6th (?) bolt of Urban Cowboy. | Michael Schneiter : Puoux Rebolting Photos | | May 20, 2009 |
| One of the bolts in the upper roof section of Urban Cowboy (I believe the 6th bolt). You can see how the rock had fractured from underneath the bolt as it wasn't placed in a good, perpendicular alignm | Michael Schneiter : Puoux Rebolting Photos | | May 20, 2009 |
| The new anchor for Urban Cowboy at the Puoux, Glenwood Canyon. | Michael Schneiter : Puoux Rebolting Photos | | May 20, 2009 |
| The old anchor for Urban Cowboy at the Puoux, Glenwood Canyon. | Michael Schneiter : Puoux Rebolting Photos | | May 20, 2009 |
| The new belay/rappel anchor for The Long Haul at the Puoux, Glenwood Canyon. | Michael Schneiter : Puoux Rebolting Photos | | May 20, 2009 |
| One of the old bolts at the old belay/rappel anchor for The Long Haul at the Puoux, Glenwood Canyon. | Michael Schneiter : Puoux Rebolting Photos | | May 20, 2009 |
| The old belay/rappel anchor for The Long Haul at the Puoux, Glenwood Canyon. | Michael Schneiter : Puoux Rebolting Photos | | May 20, 2009 |
| With Dusty, after topping out Atlantis in the Black. I taught Dusty how to climb when he was a freshman in high school. Now he's my ropegun. What a bargain! | Michael Schneiter : Photos | | May 20, 2009 |
| "Aaaaah!" Why do I just know I'm going to get poison ivy in a few days? In the Black, on the approach to Atlantis. | Michael Schneiter : Photos | | May 20, 2009 |
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