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The 9-Feb-2009 At 3:08:01 PM anthonyk

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eh. there's a lot of beating drums for a lynch mob going on and i think it can cloud judgement about whats going on.

yes they are the wrong bolts and not recommended but there are questionable bolts around in lots of places, i don't think any self respecting climber should expect every bolt they come across to be perfect. outward loading of a bolt is unconventional and these are not the only bolts in the country that would fail when being pulled out.

my interpretation of the accident is still that the bolt failing was a contributing factor, not the whole story. the bolt being rested on was a single point of failure for a big fall. the most significant factor was the rope running over an edge and being cut. sure there's people pointing fingers and saying if it wasn't cut then two people would have been killed, but thats still hypothetical, and its ignoring the fact they had a single point of failure for an anchor.

IMO its too simplistic to outsource all the responsibility and blame to Croatia.