Pierces Pass Bolt Removal

Refer to:

www.onsight.com.au/news-blog


for the full report on these atrocious bolts. Removal conducted at the request of the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Make sure you e-mail both the climbers who placed these bolts and their sponsors to prevent this happening in your area. Thanks to Simon Carter, Andy Richardson and Michael Law for removing these death bolts..

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Pierces
• Pass
• Bolt
• Removal

[AdoLikesToClimb]

bolts have been removed so have no fear. The area is awesome.

[cragtv]

Err, all the time Stu. Your bolts should be able to stand 2400kg force out from the wall, so for them to fail at 40kg is a BIG problem.

[ClimbingCompany]

this is very uncomforting.

[aikidophreak]

wow, thats just scarry. The rout setter should have really know better to use that type of hanger. It a really good idea to know what bolt hangers are our there and what stone each is disined for. yikes!

[mcd123]

I see that the holes were about 9mm. What size were the bolts?

[huyiy]

where is this area? ill make sure not to climb there.

[mikebarter387]

your completely wrong on your reasoning here

[aktionlucky]

Thats is very bad to hear, as most people do trust bolts and need to reley on their proper installment to survive.

[zwas3917]

all locals know not to use expansion bolts in the sandstone surrounding Sydney... so basically all of the climbs in Sydney, Blue Mountains, Nowra, Mittagong are on glued in bolts. Lordash is right, how are you meant to know, especially considering the fact that nearly everything we climb on around here is glued in. Now that i have seen this video i know what to look for, but prior to this I would have thought it was a piece of glued in threaded bar with a fixed hanger bolted onto it.

[midtoad]

É que a cara estaba dizendo no final - que o diámetro estava maior do que deveria ser. Talvez foi bom no início mas com o tempo o parabolt mudou e incrementou o diámetro, assim elevando o risco.