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Show THEZEPHYR/AUGUST SEPTEMBER 2000 ORAL BOLT-PULLING! Throughout the park are literally hundreds of steel expansion anchor bolts, although it appears some of these bonehead climbers think using common hardware store bolts and squirting epoxy around them is adequate. Never mind all that. We're “pulling them! Think of Arthur and Excalibur and extracting that sword from the stone. This is your mission. Glory awaits! For wimps, Manual bolt pulling is great exercise, great for the abs and pecs and all those other muscles that only you people who do this kind of crap would know. To perform this feat, always travel with a small piece of webbing. This is your "handle" to victory. Simply attach the webbing to the hanger and pull until you almost herniate yourself. Hitting the bolt first with a hammer or sledge is not allowed (unless you're sick of this SoS "Don't hate me because I am beautiful and can pull steel anchor bolts out of sandstone with my teeth." stupid sport and just want the damn bolt out of there for aesthetic reasons). = But Oral Bolt Pulling offers a real challenge. You need strong teeth for this (tres forte!) and a_ reckless attitude. But hey...you only live once. Get down on the rock, wrap those pearly whites around the top of the expansion bolt and let ‘er rip! If you} can pull bolts out of sandstone with * your teeth, you can conquer the world! And remember, bolts left in the rock for more than 24 hours become "abandoned property” in the eyes of the law, so no crimes are being committed. You’re merely keeping our parks clean. Afterwards, make sure you've brought some silicone epoxy and a little sand. The right amount of both in the now-empty hole will restore that damaged sandstone and nobody will know that a hole was ever there. Happy pulling! VICTORY! "Erica" shows that she has what it takes. And with a little silicone epoxy, that unsightly hole in the rock will soon be nothing but. a bad memory. |