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Only in the Potrero could I get away with this...

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Ed Wright · · Unknown Hometown · Joined May 2006 · Points: 285

Only in the Potrero Chico could I get away with bolting a belay ledge to the top of a route.

See it here

Alex Quitiquit · · Salt Lake City · Joined May 2011 · Points: 195

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Forthright · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Oct 2011 · Points: 110

So you're bragging about killing plants and adding an eventually rusty piece of crap to a wall?

I know this is an obvious self bump for your business, but common...

Clifton Santiago · · Denver, CO · Joined Apr 2010 · Points: 0

... practice is to congratulate new ideas and methods in climbing with a hearty cyber high-five!

Mike Lane · · AnCapistan · Joined Jan 2006 · Points: 880

Ed- look into getting angle iron that is 'hot-dipped galvanized'. Most water/sewage treatment plants spec this out for all steel applications, not too much more $. I think its a great idea but the eventual rust streak kills the deal for me.

Jeremy Hand · · Northern VA · Joined Feb 2012 · Points: 100

The real question I have from checking out the blog is who is the interior designer of that house? I need them to take a trip to TN!

M Mobley · · Bar Harbor, ME · Joined Mar 2006 · Points: 911

I might have used a block of wood or a real stone myself or maybe even chipped footholds into the rock like native Americans used to do.

rgold · · Poughkeepsie, NY · Joined Feb 2008 · Points: 526

Some shelving would be nice. And a water cooler too please? It can get pretty hot up there.

MojoMonkey · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jan 2009 · Points: 66

Too lazy for this?

Ian Stewart · · Unknown Hometown · Joined May 2010 · Points: 155

Are you serious? You bolted an ugly metal (destined to rust and deteriorate) "belay ledge" at the top of a 3 pitch 5.8 sport climb, where the ledge is at the very top of the last 60ft pitch? You can't live with a hanging belay while your second climbs the last 60 feet?

I don't think this is something to be proud of...

Peteoria Holben · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jun 2010 · Points: 60

Could someone please install these at every bolt & not just the belays? It's unsafe to get pumped clipping draws...

grog m · · Saltlakecity · Joined Aug 2012 · Points: 70

Looks good Ed. All these haters are spraying about rust problems, where rust (iron) is inherently in the rock as it is. Anyways, we all know everyone on this thread would stand on that shelf and love every second of it.

Eric Engberg · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Apr 2009 · Points: 0
Ian Stewart wrote:Are you serious? You bolted an ugly metal (destined to rust and deteriorate) "belay ledge" at the top of a 3 pitch 5.8 sport climb, where the ledge is at the very top of the last 60ft pitch? You can't live with a hanging belay while your second climbs the last 60 feet? I don't think this is something to be proud of...
What Ed can't live without is stirring the pot.
Jonathan Petsch · · Chattanooga, TN · Joined Nov 2007 · Points: 45
grog m wrote:Anyways, we all know everyone on this thread would stand on that shelf and love every second of it.
I know I have stood on that shelf and did love every second of it. The belay would be massively uncomfortable without it. And... it's Mexico. That kind of stuff can go in Mexico. That's what the Potrero is good for.
EricSchmidt · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Feb 2013 · Points: 0

I can see the issue if the thing rusts and creates a 10 foot long rust streak... But other than that you whiners need to shut the hell up. Who is going to see it other than climbers? And everyone that is up there will take advantage of it and use it. not to mention all the other metal that is already drilled into the rock... Find something better to cry about.

camhead · · Vandalia, Appalachia · Joined Jun 2006 · Points: 1,240

What I'm worried about it, will standing on that shelf make me more vulnerable to narco-kidnapper-rapists? That's my big concern.

John D · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Nov 2010 · Points: 10

seems like a poor solution for a poorly planned belay, but to each his own

rging · · Salt Lake City, Ut · Joined Jul 2011 · Points: 210
EricSchmidt wrote:I can see the issue if the thing rusts and creates a 10 foot long rust streak...
Do you yell at God when he creates streaks in the rocks?
Steve Knowlton · · Nyack, NY · Joined Feb 2008 · Points: 15

How sharp is the edge of that thing? Seems the rap would run right over it...

Buff Johnson · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Dec 2005 · Points: 1,145

I require an iced beverage holder, about belly button height should do it; thank you.

rogerbenton · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2011 · Points: 210

No backrest?

Lazy.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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