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Screwbolts? any good or certain death? 26-Nov-2010 At 10:27:39 PM paul
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On 26/11/2010 Paulie wrote:
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>
>Although designed for caving, these work work fine in good quality granite.
> A lot of Mt Pilot and other NE Vicco crags have been bolted with these,
>or variations of these by Bob, myself and a few others.
>
>There is also a 10mm bolt version available in the States (the ones above
>use an 8mm bolt), but when I last checked, are unavailable here.

Lets hope that these bolts stay unavaliable here. One of the articles in my file of bolting information lists them as "dangerous bolts to avoid"

a link to the article
http://www.safeclimbing.org/education/dangerbolts.htm

Also with the drilling lug and bolt being different metals there is the corosion issue

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