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cjsimpso
Jun 25, 2006, 7:03 AM
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In reply to: They are great in the climbing gym when those plastic holds aren't in the right place. Usually the walls have starter holes, so just find one that fits and hammer til it rings true.
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c4c
Jun 25, 2006, 12:04 PM
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since this "troll" lives in Alaska there are plenty of obscure unclimbed areas to pound pins. I would sell them and buy a set of aliens or metolius tcu's. The gunks idea was good though and would most likely work near any well established trad area.
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dirtineye
Jun 25, 2006, 1:53 PM
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When you really need one, and were smart enough to bring em, along with a hammer.
Titanium pitons are basically permantent, better than bolts in terms of ugly and scarring, and they sound great when you bang em!
I'd rather see a Ti pin than a bolt any day, in terms of leaving the rock as unmodified as possible.
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j_ung
Jun 25, 2006, 3:29 PM
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In reply to: When you really need one, and were smart enough to bring em, along with a hammer. Titanium pitons are basically permantent, better than bolts in terms of ugly and scarring, and they sound great when you bang em! I'd rather see a Ti pin than a bolt any day, in terms of leaving the rock as unmodified as possible.
I agree that placing a bolt removes more stone than placing a piton, however... Later, if one is inclined to uninstall both AND if the bolt was well placed, one will be able to patch the bolt hole more convincingly than the piton placement.
Moot points, though. The thread's three years old. 100 pitons have long since been placed, sold or are rusting in somebody's closet.
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piton
Jun 26, 2006, 3:16 PM
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a bolt hole can be filled in w/ epoxy and ground up rock from the area. hard to notice
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Re: When to use pitons???
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