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Teach me how to Bolt

Skat B · · Down Rodeo · Joined Jan 2012 · Points: 1,075
Boissal wrote:Please refrain from using a power drill when you go up there, it's wilderness.
When I broke my ankle in a fall I bolted a basketball-sized piece of granite with a hand drill and it took me 45 minutes to finish the job. Now I have a Bosch 24-V Rotary Hammer Drill so I'm eager to try it out; however, after reading what you posted, I won't be touching any established routes - sport or trad. I still would like to put up my own lines somewhere in Ferguson though.

Oh, and that bit about Lynn Wheeler...wow, what an awesome dude! Tragic story though.

Greg D wrote:Making climbs more convenient tends to do more harm then good to a route. There are more productive contributions you could make.
Such as? I'm open to ideas.
Boissal . · · Small Lake, UT · Joined Aug 2006 · Points: 1,541
Skat B wrote: When I broke my ankle in a fall I bolted a basketball-sized piece of granite with a hand drill and it took me 45 minutes to finish the job. Now I have a Bosch 24-V Rotary Hammer Drill so I'm eager to try it out; however, after reading what you posted, I won't be touching any established routes - sport or trad. I still would like to put up my own lines somewhere in Ferguson though. Oh, and that bit about Lynn Wheeler...wow, what an awesome dude! Tragic story though. Such as? I'm open to ideas.
Hand-drilling is definitely the strongest incentive to put up mixed routes and limit the number of bolts! There's been new development in Fergy last year (Eldorado and a few other lines) with room for more, get after it and do it well!
Brian in SLC · · Sandy, Utah · Joined Oct 2003 · Points: 21,711

^^^Careful with the Wilderness boundary in Ferguson too...

Greg D · · Here · Joined Apr 2006 · Points: 883

Clean trash, clean chalk, replace existing anchors, improve trails where allowed, paint shiny bolts, for example.

Light .50 · · Santaquin, UT · Joined Aug 2010 · Points: 110

Fixe Hardware has some good bolting videos on the website, all done by Kevin, who has years of experience.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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