Free Bolts from the BMC!

Dan Middleton - BMC Technical Officer

3rd September, 2012

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Deteriorating bolt placement, Price of Silence, Portland © Rob Kennard — Deteriorating bolt placement, Price of Silence, Portland
© Rob Kennard, Apr 2009

Great news for sport climbers! Once again the BMC is providing free bolts and accessories to bolt funds in England & Wales. Bolt funds are invited to make applications for equipment to replace old bolts and belays to help make our sport climbs safer.

We're happy to report that funding for the 2012-13 campaign is a whopping £10,000. This may sound like a lot, but the cost of high quality bolts has risen in recent years, meaning that voluntary bolt funds need all the help they can get to help make our sport climbs safer.

We can't always be there to help in the arduous task of replacing old bolts and belays, but at least we can help provide top quality equipment.

More information on the BMC Website

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johncook

3 Sep, 2012

These bolts are not 'free'. They are paid for by the contributions of the BMC members and the small amount donated to the assorted bolt funds. It grieves me to go to a 'sport' crag and look at the numbers there and think that if they all had any concience they would be sending a donation every year to pay for the upkeep of existing bolts and insertion of new ones. Apart from myself, who rarely visits 'sport' crags, none of our group (who frequently visit 'sport' crags) have ever contributed to a bolt fund, and only one other is a BMC member. It is the usual selfish outlook and I have remostrated with them about, 'If someone else will pay and do the work why should I pay/put any effort in.' Rant over!

Michael Ryan

3 Sep, 2012

'Great news for sport climbers!' That should be great news for climbers. Most who climb sport routes, climb trad and boulder as well.

USBRIT

3 Sep, 2012

Looking at that bolt type Brit climbers must be getting very overweight . How about some cash to clean up some of the trad crags.They must be getting a bit green after the wonderful 2012 summer.

johncook

3 Sep, 2012

Trad climbers do it even when it's green and fuzzy!

Skip

3 Sep, 2012

True as i found out on pitch 3 and 4 of Rakes Progress (Chair Ladder) on Saturday. That route, and a few others need some traffic.

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