Bolt City | ClimbNZ

Type

Part of

Interlaced with mainly bolted climbs on generally good quality rock, but blighted by lichen on less than vertical rock and lack of sunlight. Many climbers think ‘chainsaw’ when they contemplate the huge macrocarpa guarding the area.

Aspect

South East

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Routes

Reference	Title	Grade	Length	Pro	Quality
2.5	Trash Talk	19		6	0
3	Pseudomania	21	15m	2	0
3.5	Capricious	25			0
4	Jeremy’s Route	24	13m	3	0
5	Labours of Love	24	15m	6	3
5.5	Bell Boy	23		6	1.02
6	Twenty Twenty	25	15m	7	2.01
7	Day of the Vijaks	21	30m		2.01
8	John Allen Corner	21	15m	1	0
9	Squeal Like a Pig	23	15m	3	1.02
9a	Gracilis	24	6m	1	0
10	Acid Queen	23	12m	3	1.02
11	Bdoing !	23	12m	1	0
12	The Hunger	23	15m	1	0
13	The Solitary Vice	25	15m	4	0
14	Murray	19	15m	4	0
15	Pearly Gates	19	30m	1	1.02
16	My Spine is the Baseline	23	30m	5	1.02

Comments

grubbie

Someone has recently (January 2000) anonymously destroyed the bolt by removing the hanger and bashing it flat. The following points arise:
1. While retrobolting is discouraged here, it has been generally accepted that rotten piton placements (where there is no other protection) can be replaced by a bolt at the same level. Other examples of this at Bolt City are John Allen Corner and Labours of Love.

2. In this case, there is a small wire placement immediately above the piton, but it could best be described as adequate, and the consequences of its failure in a fall from the crux moves could be very serious.

3. Bolt placement and removal on or close to existing climbs should be done by consensus: anonymously vandalising is not the best way to go. One of the virtues of the Dunedin climbing scene is its laid back and friendly atmosphere.

Sun, 06/03/2011 - 09:25 Permalink

UUID

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