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As part of the BMC better bolts campaign the North Wales Bolt Fund has been awarded over 1300 bolts for re-equipping across North Wales. These bolts are specifically aimed at re-equipping exsisting routes bolt for bolt and part of the process is that the BMC requires us to monitor where the bolts are placed. To make life as easy as possible I have added this page so we can add here as well as in the main text which routes in the quarries have been equipped by this supply of bolts.

To help clarify some potential grey areas the BMC bolts are not for:
New Routes
Retro Bolting
Replacing pegs

As such if any routes require bolts in the above sense then we will have to use Bolts sourced from the bolt fund. The BMC bolts will be 12mm petzl studs with petzl hangers and resin Fixe stainless steel (not marine grade) The NWBF bolts are 10 &12mm studs with Fixe hangers plus the odd DMM Eco.This will take a great deal of care to keep the sources of bolts separate.

Route Equipped by the BMC Better Bolts Campaign




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nikkiwallis Workshop session 1 Jul 19 2007, 2:51 PM EDT by Hoseyb
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Good session last night, and good to see that Dan has aleady got a precis on the BMC website!
Query - the petrol drill. Surely a HILTI 24V or 36V would be more efficient (with obviously additional Lithium M-H or NiCad batteries) without the inherent heat issues around ropes and start up problems of the petrol 2 stroke drill?? Is it just a matter of cost that the petrol one is being used?
Also forgot to ask, who / where is all this equipment being stored - or was what was demo'd indivdiduals personal bolting kit?
Other query was with the corrosion factor of those bolts with the different grade steels in their different individual components - would rubber washers assist in this respect or would this just add another perishable component into the system?
Anyway - thought I'd get a comment in on the wiki site - as wiki is definitely the collaborative authoring way to go.
Good effort Mark & all pro-activists & co.
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