Josh Higgins
Trad climber
San Diego
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Jul 17, 2012 - 04:35pm PT
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Just a question, if it takes so much effort to get those 'old' bolts out doesn't
it beg the question regarding their safety? Mind you, I'm not belittling
the endeavor or whether a new stainless 3/8 isn't 8 times as strong but many
of those bolts look OK to me. But then I guess I just have lower standards.
Well, as I said specifically in my first post, the hanger was truly bunk. There is a difference between integrity of the bolt and the hanger, and both must be good in order to keep you out of the dirt. In my mind, there was no question about the safety of clipping the thing and it needed replacement. That's just my judgement, but I possibly have a smaller affinity for cratering?
Josh
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