Discussion: MISSING BOLT

Fixed Gear MISSING BOLT

CAUTION: Second bolt is completely missing!

That's a fair fall with an awkward landing. You ok?

Thanks Scott, I came out pretty lucky. Hit the ground but thankfully the first bolt held and my belayers weight going up slowed my fall.

Quite concerning, there are a number of routes there that were done at the same time which could have suspect bolts? (Lionel Terray , Terry Jackson? ) Do you have the bolt that failed? Any photos? Was it the glue?

Hi Murray, in the second image you can see the bolt with my draw still attached, with it there is a large chunk of rock which came down with the bolt. It was very brittle sandstone that could easily be crumbled in my hand. Although it's worth noting that the surface of the rock felt very solid and I wasn't doubting that any of the holds would break.

Also in the last photo at the very top of the image you can see the freshly broken patch where the bolt came from.

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Kinda looks like the holes weren’t cleaned out well before glueing?? Or maybe the rock is like sand??

Pretty crazy, looks like that could have been a bad bolt placement with very soft rock?

Might be worth submitting to the accident register - https://www.climbingaccidents.com.au