Sloan selling bolts on my?

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tradmanclimbs

Ice climber

Pomfert VT

Apr 18, 2018 - 03:46am PT

Gaurenteed no one would object if he was one of the cool kids... don't know if the park has a museam? if they do at least some of the mank should go there.. devils tower used to display fritz's shoes and rope but that is all gone now to make room for retail space...

Jaybro

Social climber

Wolf City, Wyoming

Apr 18, 2018 - 07:23am PT

Thief of time.

John M

climber

Apr 18, 2018 - 07:36am PT

Erik did say on the mountain project thread that he had donated some of them to Ken. If he replaces 20 bolts on a route, how many of them does he have to donate before selling the rest becomes OK? How many can a museum use?

I'm just wondering. I am not trying to defend Erik's actions. I don't really care either way. I just believe that people should be informed before they go after someone.

WBraun

climber

Apr 18, 2018 - 07:52am PT

What do people who buy this junk do with it anyway?

Stare at it?

I've stared at these bolts and hangers when they were on the rock wall.

Why would you want to stare at a bolt on your wall at home?

:-)

WyoRockMan

climber

Grizzlyville, WY

Apr 18, 2018 - 08:09am PT

Why would you want to stare at a bolt on your wall at home?

There is some utility in old hangers...

Gail Hightower

climber

Apr 18, 2018 - 09:01am PT

I replace bolts in the SE and plenty of people like them as key hangers or whatever. I've given loads of old hangers, from the 80s and early 90s, to people who come to trail days and all that.

I don't know anything about Sloan, but these old bits of trash are treasures to a lot of people who like having "the third bolt of x route" mounted on the wall and used to clip their keys. It is a physical connection to keep, especially to a place you perhaps can't visit as often as you'd like.

Seems better to me than throwing them all away, and helps keep the connection.

Roger Brown

climber

Oceano, California

Apr 18, 2018 - 10:55am PT

Gail,
I replace bolts also and I have kept all of them. I agree with you that to most people they are junk but to some they just might be something special. I "bag and tag" usually the day of replacement. Each bolt/hanger in it's own baggie with a shipping tag on the hanger with date, route, pitch, and bolt number. If I have a bolt/hanger that really means a lot to someone I will just give it to them, and I have. If anything happens to me my wife will let Ken have first choice then give the rest to the grandkids and let them sell them on ebay. I have thousands from Yosemite.

RURP_Belay

Big Wall climber

Bitter end of a bad anchor

Apr 18, 2018 - 11:05am PT

Hating on Roger = Hard

Hating on Erik = Easy

The crux is in the "why".

Bullwinkle

Boulder climber

Apr 18, 2018 - 04:34pm PT

Erik is a kind person and a excellent wall climber, guidebook author, guess that makes him easy to hate on. The other guy doesn't climb, making him easy for ST members to relate. . .df

tradmanclimbs

Ice climber

Pomfert VT

Apr 18, 2018 - 05:28pm PT

I just looked through some old pins that I have collected over the years. stuff that came out with only fingers.. a few were tagged and the writeing faded completely. others no tags. Some I think I remember where they came from. others no clue.. wish I had labled them better... same thing with the hangers...

Scole

Trad climber

Zapopan

Apr 19, 2018 - 08:40am PT

In addition to the Maestri wedge listed above, I also have the original bolt from the Right Ski Track. The bolt held hundreds of falls, but it pulled with one swing of the hammer. Cracked half way through and rusty as hell It is available for only $1700

kunlun_shan

Mountain climber

SF, CA

Apr 19, 2018 - 08:46am PT

It is available for only $1700

PM sent.

RURP_Belay

Big Wall climber

Bitter end of a bad anchor

Apr 19, 2018 - 08:48am PT

^^LOL.

donini

Trad climber

Ouray, Colorado

Apr 19, 2018 - 08:52am PT

Speaking of a Maestri wedge.
I left it in situ....hmmm, I also threw away my Mickey Mantle rookie card.

NutAgain!

Trad climber

South Pasadena, CA

Apr 19, 2018 - 08:19pm PT

I have an old fixed alumi-head or something that I ripped during a slab-slider on Coonyard Pinnacle. What's that worth?

gruzzy

Social climber

socal

Apr 19, 2018 - 10:06pm PT

I've seen far too many ugly protection bolts in my few years of climbing.
I thank people who know how to replace bolts and actually do replace bolts.
Just like all the whiners here, I'm too lazy to do it!

Scole

Trad climber

Zapopan

Apr 20, 2018 - 07:25am PT

No, Scole, I pulled that homemade Robbins bolt and hanger off Right Ski Track* and gave it to Gaines.

Ok, price reduced, only $1500 for the second crux bolt on Right Ski Track

the Fet

climber

Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La

Apr 20, 2018 - 02:21pm PT

Funniest reply on the MP thread

Erik, I'm interested in buying all the pussy bolts you've added to El Cap over the years and your epic bolt ladder and bail anchors in Church Bowl. How much are you selling those for? WOOT.