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- From: 47.366::opland@fishery.honeywell.com
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- Subject: Glue on holds...
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 10:25:14 -0600
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- > From: tovey@mullauna.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Gadget)
- > Subject: Re: Glue on holds...
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- >> 47.366::opland@fishery.honeywell.com writes:
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- >>> From: mc7z+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Minhall Chang)
- >>> Subject: Glue on holds.
- >>> Organization: Freshman, CIT general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
- >>>
- >>> Anyone,
- >>>
- >>> I am interested in putting up artificial holds on a wall, but the only
- >>> walls around are made from sandstone blocks. Will pc-7 impregnate the
- >>> sandstone or will it just pull it off?
-
- >> This is a hard call to make. When we were gluing holds on concrete, we
- >> sometimes lost holds when the actual concrete pulled away from the aggregate.
-
- > On a nearby wall, holds are glued onto concrete. The wall is overhanging
- > at about 30-35 degrees (very steep). The glue itself is very strong, but
- > the surface of the concrete does pull away from time to time. As a result
- > all of the holds are now bolted as well. The bolts aren't super tight,
- > but at least they avoid a nasty fall when the glue/concrete breaks.
- >
- > gadget
- > Matt Tovey
-
- Our 200 ft. traverse wall never gets your feet over about 8 feet from the sandy
- landing and we used the rock from the wash (dry streambed for you non-Arizonans)
- for the holds (p.s. they made great holds and are easy on the hands). One thing
- you have to look out for if you're planning on bolting your holds on is the
- consideration of who's wall this is that you're planning on drilling into. We
- figured that our holds could be cleaned off in a matter of hours if we got
- nailed by the law. Since this was on a bridge overpass, we figured that the
- city (owners of the bridge) would frown on us if we did permanant damage to
- the bridge. Of course this only applies if they catch you in the act (if you're
- just climbing on it, they can't very well prove that it was you that did the
- drilling...). I guess you have to weight the risk and potential legal ramifications
- if you get nailed by the law. From stories I've read and heard about, this can
- vary widely from city to city... Some just tell you to stop and some (reference
- a past copy of Climbing Magazine) throw the legal book at you.
-
- If your wall is just for bouldering and the landings are good, I'd recommend
- gluing on handholds (and I'm just talking about loose rock, not Metolius holds)
- and being cautious about the landings. If you get nailed, you don't lose any
- money except that which went for the glue.
-
- G.
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