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Submitted By: lee hansche on Jan 13, 2007
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The center section of the meadows area... Roughly from Lies and Propaganda (5.9) to Rhino Bucket (5.10a)...


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Climber leading Bolt Line.

Bolt Line 5.8  New Hampshire : Rumney : Center Section
Bolt Line is one of the longer climbs at the Meadows and offers approximately 70 feet of fairly sustained climbing at the grade. The common start (5.8) is right of the bolt line and works back left to the first bolt. There are a couple of alternative direct starts in the 5.10 or 5.11 range. Climb the face past seven bolts to the anchors. There is a bit of a runout between the seventh bolt and the anchor (protectable with a #4 RP). Fun ...[more]


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By Andy Kowles
From: Boulder, CO
Jun 19, 2007

GEAR ALERT:

Kudos on the nice new stainless anchor clips, etc. However be careful at the anchors (for Beginner's Route and next route left) because the OLD HARDWARE IS STILL HANGING there waiting to be clipped in confusion.

I understand the difficulty of removing old rusted steel fixed hardware, but eventually somebody with more metalworking skills than I should chop that old crap.