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Strangeness and Charm Video TR 4-Nov-2014 At 1:16:41 AM One Day Hero

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On 3/11/2014 duploboy wrote:
>On the pitch 2 traverse they seemed mostly to REPLACE older ones. The
>Mike-Law Smith guide doesn't mention what was there, however.

Yes, the bolts on the second pitch are one for one.

>The guide talks about 2 bolts on pitch three while now there are 3

That extra bolt was there in the 90s, different to the others, so probably not an original.

>And on pitch three there was a new hanger next to an old one, and another
>carrot in the middle of it all.

Pulling old bolts and patching the holes is lots of work, someone will get around to it eventually.

>Is the intention to remove the older ones
>to avoid a
>carrot patch?

That would be sweet, how about you do it?

>Ethical minefield. As you can see I don't judge strongly but I'm curious
>as to the history behind the original bolting, additional bolting and chopping.

Who really cares? It's mostly just a problem of the physical work required to get stuff done down there. The old bolts need to be pulled and the holes patched, eventually one of the six people who actually do work in the gorge will get it sorted.