1st Anchor

Anchors I placed at the end of Plan B (5.7, A0). 1st time drilling, pretty happy w/ the upper left but the lower right one gave me some problems. Both spewed out water w/out stopping after 1/2 way into the bit. I suspect I found a hallow spot or thin enough spot in what appeared to be at least a 6 inch granite slab. Higher up I could see a water streak that vanished, presumably seeping behind the slab I was working on. NOTE TO FUTURE PARTIES: beware of these anchors, bring gear to bolt and bail on.

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Travel & Events

Tags:

• Chaffin
• Bitterroot
• Plan B
• climbing
• anchors
• hand drill

[time96]

can you make a tutorial on driliing holes and what bolts to use and all that good stuff?

[mike081283]

id say use lock nut and lock washer

[1138thz]

You done good. Those bolts are Ok if equalized. Comp how much it takes to shear those puppies off and what it takes to rip a stopper out of a less than perfect crack placement. I like my light weight Ryobi hammer drill and not because I'm lazy but. Why? Because a hole drilled with a power tool is perfectly round and tighter than one done by hand. My favorite bolts are 3/8in 'strike anchors' but for those wet conditions I use ChemSet anchors.

Note: I replace old bolts not create new ones