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Rap bolts chopped above Serpent 23-Apr-2012 At 3:37:13 PM uwhp510

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On 19/04/2012 The good Dr wrote:
>Put a piece of gear in the rock, damage the surface, break away an edge,
>ad infinitum. Somehow the wear an tear from gear placing gets forgotten
>and those trashed placements do not regrow. It would be interesting to
>see how many gear placements have been damaged or destroyed compared to
>the number of bolts placed. Eduardo seems good at counting, might be the
>man for the job.

Quick everyone... we have to bolt EVERYTHING to ... SAVE (?!?!?!) the rock from the nuts and cams.

In fact, maybe we should start using camalots and super rocks to drill bolt holes since they are apparently more effective at rock smashing than a hilti.