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New helmet required! 8-Feb-2013 At 9:55:36 PM salty crag

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On 6/02/2013 nmonteith wrote:
>I'm a firm believer that bolting is the equivalent of guys doing sketchy
>trad in the 70s. All the injuries and near misses I have had "climbing"
>in the last few years have been from bolting.
Agree. It's kinda fun though. I love having to improvise, rely on weird sketchy placements, spend time sussing out where the best rock is... That said we are always well protected so if something fails we have plenty of back up like my situation the other night, the blow on the head was unforeseen and nasty but the fall was never going to be life threatening. I've been strictly trad and I'm rather new to sport and bolting and enjoying the learning experience. I have developed a real appreciation for the work some people such as yourself Neil have done over the years (and developed an appreciation for how scary aid can be). The lines we are bolting are mixed and plenty of gear still needs to be placed. Can't put photo's of stack hat online cause wife binned it, bugger! Not at all upset with mate climbing the route as he picked the line, top roped it and marked the bolt holes. Both guys with him failed to send (they climb mid to high 20s) so I think his grade of 22 might be a sandbag! Plenty more lines to do on this wall, can't wait to get back out there. I will post some photo's soon.