Prickle's Problem 

Great route. Excellent slab climbing with several hard sections.

If this is the route with the glue-in bolts next to and above gumbi grove, well then I hate to inform you that all of the glue-in bolts are trashed and bent over. What a mess. These were some of the finest bolted routes in the South Platte area. Who ever did this must have a serious problem. If you don't like bolts don't use them but certainly don't make things worse by trying to destroy the bolts. It only damages the rock even more.

Another thing to the person or persons who did this, don't do it HALF-ASS. Make sure you clean up your mess, fix your damage, pull them cleanly as you can, and re-epoxy and seal the rock so a person can't tell anything was even there.

What a bunch of scum bags.

I saw the comment above and drove by to check this out

Unfortunately, the bolts on Prickle's Problem and Pokey Minds the Baby have been destroyed. These were 2 good independent lines that were a lot of fun to climb so it is a shame that they are now unclimbable. I'm not sure what kind of statement was being made as the bolts weren't chopped, but just hammered over. They look a lot worse now.....

The only statement made was that the person who did this act was a chicken shit.

Very typical of the bolt-choppers in the S-Platte. The routes were done ground-up and were some of the best routes on the slab.

Funny thing, I had just had a conversation with a friend about the future of bolt replacement and how would the next generation replace Fixe glue-ins if they are stainless and, of course, glued in, so can't be unthreaded. It's a shame this route was destroyed as I thought it was one of the best slab routes on the wall and the bolts weren't even removed, simply hammered against the wall.

Hey you engineers out there, would these Fixe stainless glue-ins still be "safe" if they were hammered back into correct orientation? I'm not sure how much tensile strength is lossed during the bending/re-bending of SS.

Hey Bob, what year did you bolt these three routes?

Jason...I did the routes in 2004...the bolts are Petzl glue-in.

The routes were done ground up and chopped anyway...the chopper (Concerned Citizen)has since removed his comments from the site. I think I know who did it but you just do know in the South Platte area.

Of all the FA's I have done these are the only ones that have been chopped..I have had numerous routes that people when back and added bolts too...but never chopped.