Hangers from Aqualunge, Mission Gorge. These are not even the original hangers on an FA - 1976. My bet is they are less than 20 years old. About 15 ft*lb on their stuck nuts was all that was needed to shear the bolts off. Scary, especially due to the runout nature of this climb. <br> <br> Replaced 6/2007.

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Hangers from Aqualunge, Mission Gorge. These are not even the original hangers on an FA - 1976. My bet is they are less than 20 years old. About 15 ft*lb on their stuck nuts was all that was needed to shear the bolts off. Scary, especially due to the runout nature of this climb.<br>
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Replaced 6/2007.

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Masochist Anchor. Thanks CH for removing the original button heads clean out. Thanks ASCA for the hardware.

Chicken Fart original hanger. This unusable hanger has been replaced with a nice ASCA unit. Chicken Fart is one of the original Mission Gorge leads.

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Sep 15, 2007

“Hangers from Aqualunge, Mission Gorge. These are not even the original hangers on an FA - 1976. My bet is they are less than 20 years old. About 15 ft*lb on their stuck nuts was all that was needed to shear the bolts off. Scary, especially due to the runout nature of this climb.

Replaced 6/2007.”

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Hangers from Aqualunge, Mission Gorge. These are not even the original hangers on an FA - 1976. My bet is they are less than 20 years old. About 15 ft*lb on their stuck nuts was all that was needed to shear the bolts off. Scary, especially due to the runout nature of this climb.<br>
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Replaced 6/2007.

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