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Dear Simey 15-Jul-2007 At 4:00:49 PM M10iswhereitsat.

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On 15/07/2007 nmonteith wrote:
>Carrots looked good on the first pitch, which is suprising since they were
>being covered in waves when i was here!

So does stainless corrode or not ?

The rock is actually far from hard, its quite a bit softer than
>Gramps sandstone. Dolerite is
>quite a 'light' rock, containing a fair bit of air in the mix i think.

Yeah ? Oils aint oils ... the dolerite on Mt Wellington is VERY hard, according to Parkyn ...Gramps ' sandstone ' is generally metamorphosed ala ceramics.

But yeah, thats why I' m wondering about bolts suitability / rock integrity ...

Did you lead the 2nd pitch , Neil ? ... how sustained , what grade did you find most of it to be ? Is it mostly just crankin on small holds / layaways ?