I have since been contacted by the person who put the bolt in. There were extenuating circumstances. After he placed the first bolt from the ground, he intended to rap the line and bolt the rest of it, but a full on snow blizzard hit the crag - plus his drill bit broke putting the first bolt in. Fair enough. However, it has been reported that people have placed single bolts at the bottom of lines at the Star Factory and other crags, to claim projects, with no extenuating circumstances. So this practice does occur, but not in this case at the Cluan. |