Tag Archives | Anchor Replacement Fund

Bolt failure at Kleinmond

By on August 22, 2012
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I have looked at the bolt and it is very clearly Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) that caused the failure.

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ARF Report Silvermine Lower Crag

By on July 12, 2012
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The thought of having to go through planning another w/e outweighed my bed, which my oh so sexy girlfriend was keeping warm.

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Update: ARF at Lower Silvermine

By on July 5, 2012
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Andy Davies has informed us that the 610 shiny new glue-in bolts have arrived for ARF phase II.

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ARF phase II – fundraising & new bolts

By on May 15, 2012
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I am very pleased to report that we have managed to raise a substantial amount of money for the new bolts.

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ARF Phase II – last call for donations

By on February 29, 2012
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Please please seriously consider helping ARF – its for your own good.

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Anchor Replacement Fund Phase II

By on February 20, 2012
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So the Anchor Replacement Fund started off a couple of years back with 800 bolts and 200 lower off rings.

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Quasimodo Bolt Corrosion Investigation

By on October 4, 2011
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If you’re going to equip a route, do it for life and buy good quality equipment.

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Report: ARF meet at Skoorsteenskop

By on May 9, 2011
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We had 61 bolts, 20 top anchors, 18 muffins, 17 guys, 14 doughnuts, 7 ropes, 5 drills, 4 spare batteries, 3 gals (!), 1 glue gun and last but not least 1 angle grinder.

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Anchor Replacement Fund (Western Cape)

By on May 10, 2010
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To date a total 835 anchors & lower off’s have been replaced!!!

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