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Bolting Hard Trad Routes


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Doolittle, why even waste your time, just bring a ladder and climb right past the hard shit.

 

 

Then bolt the ladder to the wall if you think you might come back for a 2nd try should the first one fail cause the ladder was too steep. You could bash the aluminum directly into the crack it's leaning on.

 

Yup.

 

The you could claim "first ladder ascents" of lots of new stuff. It would open up all kinds of possibilities. You could even do a guide book.

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Doolittle, why even waste your time, just bring a ladder and climb right past the hard shit.

 

 

Then bolt the ladder to the wall if you think you might come back for a 2nd try should the first one fail cause the ladder was too steep. You could bash the aluminum directly into the crack it's leaning on.

 

Yup.

 

The you could claim "first ladder ascents" of lots of new stuff. It would open up all kinds of possibilities. You could even do a guide book.

Sounds like some climbs in Europe...

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A lot of Squish climbs could use a ladder to the first bolt.

 

I think I'd prefer rap-laddering of laddering on lead. And with an aluminum ladder, you could fix it in place like Gripped suggests above without damaging the rock by beating the top of the thing into cracks like a bashie. But would a copper ladder be better?

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