Need to borrow a wilderness hand drill and..

[layton]

and buy some 1/4" bolts and bits and hangers.

anyone know where to get 1/4 inchers?

[olyclimber]

i have a rocpec you can borrow. you'll need to supply the bits though.

[bwrts]

1/4 bolts/bits = same place you buy 3/8

hangars...good ones at MEC/vancouver, BC...

I would think Nelsen carries them at his shop.

[jordop]

Last time I checked MEc doesn't carry 1/4" stuff anymore. I bought out the last of their Pika 1/4" hangers . . . I'd lend you my drill but I'm craving placing the first bolt in the entire range where I'm going next week

[Mos_Chillin]

Tacoma Screw in either Seatlle or, duh, Tacoma prolly has the bolts. check with FF/ REI for the hangers, otherwise buy 'em on-line through BD with expedited freight...

 

...heeeyyyy, what are you up to?

[jordop]

I see that MEC now has 1/4" bolts and bits back on their webpage, but no hangers apparently

[G-spotter]

Bolts = aid = murder of impossible

 

puss puss

[ivan]

Bolts = aid = murder of impossible

so long as the impossible's dead n' all, can i be the first one to stick my sweetness into it's still half-warm corpse?

[BillA]

Howdy Mike, I think bolting is pretty sweet and if I were in Portland I'd let you borrow my hand drill in a second. After all, you are very sexy. And I'm drunk.

[layton]

thanks bill, bolting while wasted is the new cool thing we're all doign these days

[Mos_Chillin]

**hic**

 

Is that hole deep enough for ya, Ivan?

 

Or is your bit getting dull?

[Off_White]

I got ya covered buddy.

 

 

 

I've got an ice screw if you need one too

 

[Drederek]

I got ya covered buddy.

 

 

Please tell me I probably never clipped that bolt, Off. And I especially don't wanna know if it was an anchor!

[powderhound]

Why use 1/4 bolts, those are scary, the reason most people don't even carry them anymore.

[slaphappy]

Tacoma Screw in either Seatlle or, duh, Tacoma prolly has the bolts. check with FF/ REI for the hangers, otherwise buy 'em on-line through BD with expedited freight...

 

...heeeyyyy, what are you up to?

 

Tacoma Screw does not carry button heads of any size.

[powderhound]

billcoe may have what you are looking for

[billcoe]

Sorry dude, It's true I'm old: but I'm all about 3/8" now.

 

No bolts, no 1/4" hand drill - BUT, I think I might still have some old 1/4 hangers at the bottom of my aid shitpile I could scrounge up if you need them.

[iain]

I've got an ice screw if you need one too

 

 

I hope you have the awesome Chouinard ratchet wrench to place this.

[ivan]

Why use 1/4 bolts, those are scary, the reason most people don't even carry them anymore.

i assume b/c hand-drilling a 3/8 bolt takes more time and energy - niether of which are desired when you're in the alpine and/or you're the size of a small elf

[DirtyHarry]

Why use 1/4 bolts, those are scary, the reason most people don't even carry them anymore.

 

you are retarded.

[powderhound]

Why use 1/4 bolts, those are scary, the reason most people don't even carry them anymore.

 

you are retarded.

 

I kinda take offense to refering to me as retarded. By asking a question that I do not know the answer to, I am leaving myself open to learning something new that I did not know about. I always say it is better to ask a so called "retarded question" than be an ignorant climber who thinks he knows everything. I was under the assumption that no one really used 1/4 ers any more and I was curious as to his use of them. However thank you for your rhetoric.

[bwrts]

powerhound... IN the alpine world where less is better...

the use of 1/4" expansion bolts is due to the less amount of effort (energy) needed to drill the hole. using modern 1/4" expansion bolts is way better than the old skool button heads or expansion bolts...likewise the hangers are better....smc's and leepers (especially) should be clipped with a bit a skepatism.

I know I always shutter when clipping the old 1/4" bolts so widespread in the alpine world but shit damn; its better than nothing...

[Mos_Chillin]

The rock is TOO FUCKING HARD to justify the time 3/8" bolts take. We're not rap-bolting here (not that there's anything wrong with that ).

 

Edited August 8, 2006 by Mos_Chillin

[Blake]

Nice to see you back with modesty intact Erik! I'd say just forget the bolting endeavor and hang out in the village enjoying the cheap ice cream and bowling.

[archenemy]

Why use 1/4 bolts, those are scary, the reason most people don't even carry them anymore.

 

you are retarded.

 

I kinda take offense to refering to me as retarded. By asking a question that I do not know the answer to, I am leaving myself open to learning something new that I did not know about. I always say it is better to ask a so called "retarded question" than be an ignorant climber who thinks he knows everything. I was under the assumption that no one really used 1/4 ers any more and I was curious as to his use of them. However thank you for your rhetoric.

Just be glad you don't own a "SUV" (Toyota) or have ever hit any deer.

 

 

Bolt everything.