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A follow-up reminder that the 10th annual Friends of Muir Valley Trail Day is this Saturday! Please consider attending and helping out. Trail Day is very important for all users of Muir Valley, as several large projects are completed each year that contribute to the safety and overall quality of Mui...

I just finished replacing all your bolts at Midnight Surf with Wave Bolts and cleaned all the permadraws. You can thank me later and, btw, you owe me about $400 for the new hardware. Also, I will be preemptively replacing mechanical bolts all around the red and billing the route developer when I am ...

pigsteak wrote:Ron Bateman and josh Thurston started that one years ago. Isaac finish it?

Yes Ron josh and I started that one a few years ago. We didnt get past cleaning it cause the anchor was in not great rock so that wss going to be done first. The route seemed pretty cool. Did the OP send it?

We are very proud to be hosting our second-annual Moves for Muir comp and fundraising event. This is a major fundraiser for the Friends of Muir Valley. Last year we raised and donated over $6500 to the FoMV! This year the event will be held Friday Nov. 23 - Sunday Nov. 25. We start the event off wit...

dustonian wrote: Looks like I'll be making the switch to Epcon

Of course that is what I was getting at! You may never use the Hilti stuff again.

dustonian wrote:...Hilton RE500 epoxy, the type that must be used in warm temps.

Dustin, why do you say this? Is it because it is more user friendly, or is there a chemical/technical reason it literally must be used?

You're not serious, right? If you are, then no offense, but you have no business even thinking about bolting.

So Joe Kinder's recent blog post http://www.joekindkid.com/?p=8065 got me thinking...do we need to have a discussion of bolt standards following the current one about PDs? Joe apparently started bolting a line in the Madness Cave, and used Powers bolts. No big deal (I'm trying to keep my self intere...

I think the gyms have a responsibility that they may not be living up to. Is there a word of warning in the gyms to the effect that "What one experiences here does not prepare one for climbing in the outdoor environment. Critical skill sets that are not part of climbing in the gym are required...

I would be happy to donate a Wave Bolt to an educational cause if it were to go in the Kiosk, or hung at Miguel's, or what ever. I still hear people call them "staples" and have no idea what they are, or how safe they are. Interestingly though, the same people climb right up the routes equ...