Bolts & Chipped Holds Everywhere (Oct 2007 – May, 09)
Monday, June 2nd, 2008
Regardless of the human rights of none BMC members; the vast majority of UK climbers who do not wish to see the environment damaged by drilling, the British Mountaineering Council is determined to continue to push for the deliberate damaging of British crags and mountain rock faces by its members – drilling and placing expansion bolts. The amount of money wasted on the above mentioned activity, could help to reduce by educating, the increasing deaths amongst climbers in the UK. In May, 2009, a further 1,300 BMC Bolts were made available for use in damaging the Welsh cliffs and crags. http://upload.pbase.com/images/122148350/original The BMC ‘harvesting’ expansion bolts.
In February, 2007, the British Mountaineering Council (BMC) flooded British climbing with 10,000 expansion bolts. The drilling (deliberate damage to unquarried cliffs and crags) and the placing of bolts, being sponsored by the – BMC. On the 2 January, 2009, a climber in Australia was killed when the expansion bolt that he pulled on – came out. In the ensuing fall, his rope was severed. There has been much ‘nashing of teeth’ amongst so-called Sports Climbers since this latest fatal accident who, rather than avoiding the use of bolts as a very dubious form of climbing protection, will now call for a ‘bolting qualification’… Bolting represents a future time-bomb-ticking in British climbing sponsored by the – British Mountaineering Council. http://www.safercliffs.org/code/photos.html An extra 1,300 BMC bolts were provided, for the specific purpose, of damaging Welsh mountain, cliffs and crags. Many bolts could be saved by a ‘chipping holds’ program, this could be arranged through a BMC: How to chip holds properly & safely, program.
Category : Bolts
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