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Jan 5, 2025 We met our match, thank you! Over 300 climbers chipped in, with an average donation of $140. This is a big community effort to care for our climbing areas and it really shows w… View Message

Dec 24, 2024 Recent WyoClimbers rebolting day in Sinks Canton WY, 12 routes upgraded with ASCA glueins. Thank you volunteers!Less than 10k to go to meet our match, please help if you can! s… View Message

Sep 13, 2024 timothy fisher wrote: That just sounds like improper glue instal to me. The grooves in the Bolt Products SLB have great mechanical connection to the glue. That is a big ad… View Message

Sep 13, 2024 timothy fisher wrote: Because the specific model name SLB is used in Nate's post and because he says "you can just spin (screw?) them out" we are talking about the Bolt pro… View Message

Sep 13, 2024 Nathan P wrote: It would be very interesting to see the bolt after it was pulled out - to see if it was the bolt’s adherence to the glue or the glue to the rock had… View Message

Sep 3, 2024 Slight drift here but just a heads up on the SLBs - there have been a lot of them placed locally around Lander, WY during rebolting efforts and I recommend notching them even t… View Message

Jul 22, 2024 Bump - A couple thousand dollars left to meet the match!www.safeclimbing.org View Message

Jul 22, 2024 Bump - A couple thousand dollars left to meet the match!www.safeclimbing.org  View Message

Jul 15, 2024 These were placed by the State Park to prevent damage to the trees that were being used by climbers. AFAK the hangers were made in-house by the DNR and the bolts themselves are… View Message

Jul 10, 2024 Bumping this - making progress but we need more folks to pitch in so we can meet the match. Thanks for supporting good hardware at our crags! View Message

Jul 10, 2024 Bump! Thanks for this Phyl, awesome art! View Message

Jul 8, 2024 Thanks Matt!The ASCA is fundraising for the Lower Off Initiative this month (July 2024), and we currently have a matching fund that is doubling donations up to $25,000 thanks t… View Message

May 13, 2024 JD Merritt wrote: Now that the climbing side of climbtech seems to have dissolved, does anyone know where to source more anchor hooks or some equivalent mussy?https://sport… View Message

Jan 2, 2024 We made the match! Over 250 individual donors with an average donation of $150, thanks for stepping up and supporting volunteers doing this important work. View Message

Dec 31, 2023 Less than $1000 from the goal, help get us over the line with a matched donation!  View Message

Dec 28, 2023 Bump! We have quite a ways to go to meet our match and not much time to get there. Support our bolt replacement work across the country in 2024. Every bit counts but we need mo… View Message

Jul 24, 2023 Tal M wrote: Do you know if this is true for non-CT hooks? I have a lot of steel wiregates I use for anchors in areas that see lower usage where minimizing visual impact i… View Message

Jul 24, 2023 Also, if you appreciate lower-off anchors on single pitch routes across the country, our Lower Off Initiative fundraiser goes through the end of the month and donations are cur… View Message

Jul 24, 2023 Anchor hooks are placed with gates out for a couple reasons. If opposed the inward facing hook tends to gouge into the rock and scar it up, along with often orienting strangely… View Message

Nov 19, 2022 A big thanks to Greg for designing/building and Luke Stefurak for funding this batch, this will be a great little fleet for the ASCA to loan out to stewards! View Message

Nov 2, 2022 I have always used ac100 and rinsed the sludge out of holes as Jim recommended above with good results, the bolts stopped being the main seep point after being replaced with gl… View Message

Oct 10, 2022 Gregger Man wrote: Wouldn't mind at all. I should order a set of parts and show an assembly from beginning to end, speeding up the video on the tedious bits. I'll get that… View Message

Oct 10, 2022 Greg - would you mind if we include the parts list/instructions on the ASCA site? With credit to your hard work of course. View Message

Mar 11, 2022 Probably would go straight to chop and patch on this if hole for hole is not mandatory. I would cut the stud as close as possible without scarring the rock, drive it back as fa… View Message

Dec 13, 2021 This would be much appreciated to continue growing community support for our work, thanks for posting Helen!Although the ASCA has always been a very small nonprofit compared to… View Message

Dec 3, 2021 As part of our annual fundraiser, we are auctioning off a bunch of gear from generous companies like Metolius, La Sportiva, BD, Fixe, and more.No reserves and shipping is inclu… View Message

Nov 26, 2021 The ASCA has started our annual fundraiser for 2021. Our goals include replacing existing substandard bolts with high-quality stainless steel hardware, providing durable anchor… View Message

Oct 21, 2021 Salamanizer Ski wrote: This is a great resource. Much thanks for creating it. But where can we go to see what has been reported? As someone who does replacement work the A… View Message

Oct 20, 2021 Bumping this thread as I just added an unsafe hardware reporting page to the ASCA site. It is accessible from the home page and allows photo uploads too. Keep in mind that… View Message

Jun 9, 2021 Clips Rusting RelicPonders Likelihood Of FallOh Who Shall Replace?Greg and I over at the ASCA would love to see this get funded. 15k is significant for us as a small nonprofit,… View Message

May 5, 2021 Bump. Last day for the auction, help support hardware replacement efforts! https://app.galabid.com/asca-auction View Message

May 5, 2021 Bump. Last day for the auction, help support hardware replacement efforts!Click here!  View Message

Dec 31, 2020 Bump for the last chance to make a tax-deductible donation in 2020!https://safeclimbing.org/donate View Message

Dec 29, 2020 Our new donation form is up on the website, you can now pay with a card, PayPal, or Venmo. You can now also easily set up recurring donations, this is one of the best ways you… View Message

Dec 24, 2020 dme wrote: Greg, Couldn't figure out how to donate with a credit card.  Still has Paypal only.  Am I doing something wrong?  DianeWe will be adding on-site c… View Message

Dec 11, 2020 Bump. Don't wanna be clipping these do ya? Help to support the most grassroots of climbing stewardship groups. Greg gets a tiny salary and everything else goes towards purchasi… View Message