The Bolting Bible 2.020 version is done!

Holy bolts! The Bolting Bible 2.020 is done! Added Book of climbing anchors, Book of Pulling Out and our Bolt Buster results in the book of numbers. 133 pages, 426 photos and 216 links THAT WORK! Our target audience is not just bolting nerds but everyone who trusts their life to these things. Stoked!!!
If you have suggestions for edits or additional stuff we should add please comment here or email me.  I add everything to a journal that I review when I go back through on next version.
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Cheers,
Ryan Jenks

Looks interesting.  At first skim, volcanic rock is listed under the category of 'soft' rock.  This is pretty misleading as it includes basalts which can be some of the most bomber rock you'll ever climb on.  Hopefully this oversight is an isolated fluke as it would be a bummer to produce a book like this in any sort of half-baked form.  It seems like an interesting project, but I'm skeptical as to the quality of the information given the fact that it would take the coalescence of multiple lifetimes of knowledge to really do a topic like this justice. 

There are many, many errors in the Book of Rocks. On many levels.

Derek Field wrote: There are many, many errors in the Book of Rocks. On many levels.

This is a community project.  I'm not a rock-ologist ;).  I do aim to make this at a third grade reading level but also have correct information.  We can make the rock section a bit deeper if we want but we also want people to understand rocks from a bolting perspective and the basically come hard, soft and layered.  If that is wrong, lets adjust it.  If it is too generic, then we can mention the exceptions.  I can send the google doc for comments and you can just point out the areas that need work if you are interested.  

Max Tepfer wrote: Looks interesting.  At first skim, volcanic rock is listed under the category of 'soft' rock.  This is pretty misleading as it includes basalts which can be some of the most bomber rock you'll ever climb on.  Hopefully this oversight is an isolated fluke as it would be a bummer to produce a book like this in any sort of half-baked form.  It seems like an interesting project, but I'm skeptical as to the quality of the information given the fact that it would take the coalescence of multiple lifetimes of knowledge to really do a topic like this justice. 

This is a community project.  I'm not a rock-ologist ;).  I do aim to make this at a third grade reading level but have correct information.  We can make the rock section a bit deeper if we want but we also want people to understand rocks from a bolting perspective and the basically come hard, soft and layered.  If that is wrong, lets adjust it.  If it is too generic, then we can mention the exceptions.  There are multiple lifetimes worth of experience helped write this book. I can send the google doc for comments and you can just point out the areas that need work if you are interested in adding one more lifetime of experience to it.  Cheers

Ryan Jenks wrote:

This is a community project.  I'm not a rock-ologist ;).  I do aim to make this at a third grade reading level but also have correct information.  We can make the rock section a bit deeper if we want but we also want people to understand rocks from a bolting perspective and the basically come hard, soft and layered.  If that is wrong, lets adjust it.  If it is too generic, then we can mention the exceptions.  I can send the google doc for comments and you can just point out the areas that need work if you are interested.  

Right on! I’d be super down for that - send it my way. I teach a class called Rock Climbing & Geology (for non-rockologists) so I’ve sorta got a feel for what might be suitable. 

To put this out for free is an amazing service. Thank you.

Thanks Ryan! Love your group’s work!!
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