Category: 2010
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Terry’s Cave
..The famous Gary Gibson route 1500 metres received a much needed cleanup of its LO by Andy Hooper. An old corroded alloy hanger and rusty stud were removed along with an old resin bolt with a dubious looking screw-gate attached. This leaves in place the screw-gate LO installed recently by the MRCC. There is also […]
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Twin Caves bolting update at Ghar Lapsi
Le Poseur at Twin Caves has been tidied up and restored to its original state with the removal of unusable bolts that have been replaced with two new 316 stainless expansion bolts to make this radical E3/4 6a lead climb a challenge worth trying. The top of the route also has a 2-bolt LO installed […]
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Le Poseur bolting update at Ghar Lapsi
This classic hard-man route has been tidied up with the removal of the two old, corroded bolts under the roof which have been replaced with one 12mm marine steel expansion bolt. There is a new stainless steel bolt and hanger above the roof to replace the original bolt. This restores the route to the condition […]
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New lines established at Thaiwand Walls
Despite a wet start to the day, our enthusiasm for the new bolt line on Thaiwand Walls was not to be dampened by the weather. Andrew Warrington, accompanied by the unsuspecting Terezia Uherekova from Slovakia, headed out to the remote cave and abseiled in for a day of rock bashing. The new bolt line had […]
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New bolting initiative at Xaqqa Valley
Sacrificing a day of climbing, the MRCC Bolting Team headed out to Xaqqa geared up to make a difference. During this session, the following jobs were completed: The damaged ring over The Problem was replaced by a 2-bolt resin Lower-off (LO) which is ideally placed for abseiling, belaying from above and below and also allows […]