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All three bolts at critical level. A massive strain happens along. They pop: one, two, three! It's not that unexpected.
by IAmBroom 6mo ago
All three bolts at critical level. A massive strain happens along. They pop: one, two, three!
It's not that unexpected.
- lazide 6mo agoIt is absolutely unexpected in climbing. Even a single bolt failing is highly unusual. Additionally, the rope length extends quite a bit of an anchor fails (and it partially recovers it’s elasticity before the other anchors engage). Later anchors would not get forces exceeding a normal ‘healthy’ bolts limits. So there is some systemic failure involved in this scenario.