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Araps Rebolting 13-Jan-2006 At 12:51:14 PM uwhp510

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Hey Tim,

What I am trying to get at is that to put in a bolt, you get out your drill and put a hole wherever you want. To put in a pin you, look for a bit of crack/seam which wont take gear and bash away, potentially widening that crack a little bit, with less effect on the rock. I am not comparing bolts and pins based on the merits of their removal or durability, rather on the basis that while they are both invasive, at least pins work with the features of the rock, which bolts completely ignore. Thus despite there being fixed gear in Kachoong, it still definitely had the feel of a trad route, but it now feels like a "mixed" route.

While on the subject of loweroffs, why does any loweroff/belay need any more than two anchors? At the top of hornpiece there are three rings and a pair of fat stainless chains.