Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:16 am
Stand around and yell"free bolts! Free bolts and drills! "then watch the stampeede.
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The problem is that once you are through the patinia, the rock is really, really sandy and if you drilled a pocket, it would always be sandy on the inside, unless you epoxy it. So, you can manufacter routes (and there are a couple out there - one with three slammer two finger pockets in a row that were drilled), but it takes more then just drilling the hole. Personally, I don't care all that much, though routes that are just really hard all the way should probably be left alone, but if you have a great 5.11 with a 6 foot section of v8, an extra couple holes in the rock won't effect my sleep at night....kneebar wrote:So the rock won't support a drilled pocket but will support a drilled sport clip?
and in walks the drama queen...bolt "everything"? have you seen the untouched rock in the region. I am betting there are bolts in less than 5% of the cliff in the region...Shamis wrote:I'm a big fan of chipping...if we're gonna bolt everything then what's the difference?
no stampede there. most so called climbers are self serving children, too lazy to bolt a line, let alone clean it. or build a trail to it. or even go to a sponsored trail day....ynot wrote:Stand around and yell"free bolts! Free bolts and drills! "then watch the stampeede.
Brilliant!anticlmber wrote:jeez piggie, it must be lonely sitting around in your own shit unable to tell that the golden pool of praise surrounding you is just more of your shit.