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Kali Yuga hold improvement
June 24, 2017, 07:54:28 am
I re-climbed Kali Yuga at Two Tier yesterday and was disappointed to find that a low hold (an unhelpful rounded sidepull used as an intermediate at the start) has been "improved" to make a rather good hold. As this was a totally solid, rounded, piece of limestone I find it hard to believe that the sloping side has fallen off naturally. I will be restoring this back to its original state.  >:(
« Last Edit: June 24, 2017, 02:50:49 pm by Ru »

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#1 Re: Kali Yuga hold improvement
June 24, 2017, 11:22:13 am
 :pissed:

Why the fuck would someone do this.
I don't know the hold you mean but would if I went back on the route. The rock quality on that route is about as good as it gets in the peak pretty much only took a toothbrush to originally clean it so I too can't believe any of the holds would come off.

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#2 Re: Kali Yuga hold improvement
June 24, 2017, 12:46:11 pm
I'd be surprised if anyone intentionally made it better. Having ripped off completely solid holds than don't sound hollow on peak like stone. I can believe that it just crumbled away

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#3 Re: Kali Yuga hold improvement
June 24, 2017, 04:50:03 pm
Why the fuck would someone do this.

Dark age of depravity & sin innit.

Check out the list of attributes of the Kali Yuga on wikipedia. Hold chipping is the least of them.

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#4 Re: Kali Yuga hold improvement
June 24, 2017, 05:32:46 pm
GME bolted it and it was his project until he gracefully declared it open for Ru...

Sad to read that it's been chipped.

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#5 Re: Kali Yuga hold improvement
June 24, 2017, 07:57:21 pm
Sadly chipping on peak lime still keeps happening. The big high pocket on Badger Badger Badger year before last, the spike on the keen roof lip hold, you'd think we'd left that in the past.

 

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