By M Sprague Administrator From: New England Mar 17, 2011
It's too bad Ed didn't use stainless there, but he obviously put the route up when it was dry and probably didn't realize it would see so much water. They are half inch, galvanized, the quicklinks 1/2" too. I bet they are still immensely strong, especially for rapping. I wonder if that stuff(can't remember the name) you paint on rust (starts out white like elmers glue then goes green then black) that turns it microbially into a strong coating would be good or if it would just hide further damage inside.
the rusty anchor of Venus Envy... hey you wouldnt looks so hot either if you spent the winter under 10 feet of ice... there is another better looking anchor a little to the left that is easy to get to and in way better condition...