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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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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.
Some a-hole owes me some money for replacing these. Most likely retrobution as part of a bolt chopping pissing contest. I just wanna climb.
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mschlocker
Aug 22, 2008
“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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