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Swampwalker

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Contemplating going to bolts for climbing. Anyone have suggestions to threads dealing with this. Also, how do you get to the 3/8 diam. when dealing with millimeters? And sources please. Thanks from a newbie!
 
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Ten pages of results should get you the info you seek.

I would be cautious about taking advice from folks here on an unproven, very knife edge sort of climbing method.

good luck and be safe brother
 
If I were you I'd just get some grade 8 bolts. Maybe some titanium rod I haven't paid much attention to how that has been holding up. Carbon can fail and if it does the chance of you getting a pretty bad injury I would say are better than fair.
 
This old post of mine has some good links to grade 8 bolts, shrink tubing and a huge thread on the forum dealing with bolts in general.

This is the original thread on the forum about carbon bolts though:

Entire setup...5.25 lbs

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Welcome. I love bolts. I have carbon, Titanium and grade 8 steel. I think Titanium is the sweet spot. I’m not worried about breaking them ( I almost always hunt solo, so can’t afford to get injured).

As far as 3/8” to mm:
You want 3/8” bolts. Your drill bit should be 10mm, which is nominally larger than 3/8”. This is the beauty of the system. The bolts slide in and out, but stay put when you step on them.


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I use titanium and the ez cut drill. The treehopper drill is better made but I already had the ezcut and wasn’t unhappy with it. It’s never been my primary climbing method but I use it several times a year. I would recommend trying it a little while with grade eight bolts. Then If you like the system invest in titanium or carbon. I’ve been happy with titanium but wouldn’t ever try carbon above ground level. Maybe carbon for a bow and pack hanger but that about it.
 
I used bolts for two years until I went totally to public land and it’s a great system once you get the hang of it.
I also chased the carbon bolt lite weight dream but at 220lbs. I knew I was pushing the limit.
Luckily I never had a failure but I stepped light and was never comfortable and decided it’s just not worth it to save just a few pounds on an already lite weight system.
I went back to grade 8 bolts and had a member here make me a pack that set on my chest like a Bino harness and that distributed the weight much better and packing bolts was no longer a problem.
The pack on your chest also made reaching for the Drill and bolts very convenient and it was a efficient setup.


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Treehopper2 said:
I used bolts for two years until I went totally to public land and it’s a great system once you get the hang of it.
I also chased the carbon bolt lite weight dream but at 220lbs. I knew I was pushing the limit.
Luckily I never had a failure but I stepped light and was never comfortable and decided it’s just not worth it to save just a few pounds on an already lite weight system.
I went back to grade 8 bolts and had a member here make me a pack that set on my chest like a Bino harness and that distributed the weight much better and packing bolts was no longer a problem.
The pack on your chest also made reaching for the Drill and bolts very convenient and it was a efficient setup.


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You not using the harness anymore? I may be interested

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I just use an actual bino harness. Put the bolts and drill in it, and quick and easy access to them, and keeps them tucked out of the way. The bino harness is bigger than needed, so a custom made pouch of the right size would be nicer, but good enough for me.
 
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