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She sells sea shells - Point Perp 8-Mar-2013 At 9:26:38 AM technogeekery

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I always find the varied takes on "ethics" interesting, if sometimes ever so slightly onanistic. None of these bolting "discussions" ever seem to go anywhere really, other than to expose the differences between these "ethical" stances - in fact, they seem to polarise opinion, rather than shaping a consensus.

That said - Matt, I'm interested in why you'd drill bolts from hooks (rather than rap-bolting), which as you point out is scary, potentially dangerous, and perhaps less likely to result in the optimum bolt placements? Do you have a strict ground-up ethic? If so, do you see the ethical plus of the ground-up nature of your bolting outweighing the "aid" aspect of drilling from hooks? Just interested, certainly not criticising and have no axe to grind.