Fixed Gear on the Slate – Report
In an effort to highlight some of the work of the North Wales Bolt Fund in the Slate Quarries. We are going to list the checks we have carried out and the actions taken. If there is nothing mentioned in the actions column then feel free to climb the climbs and check the bolts for side to side movement and in/out movement. You can send your reports to me via the email address on the contact page.
You can also find more information on the North Wales Rock
| Name | Area | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Looning the Tube | Australia | Belay is OK. One expansion bolt and one sling round embedded block. |
| Goose Creature | Australia | |
| Steps of Glory | Australia | Replaced the lower off with two new resins. Right bolt moved, Not removed or tested. |
| Sodor | Australia | Replaced. One bolt the other bolt held 15kn. Linked with chain. |
| Gadaffi Duck | Australia | |
| The Mallard | Australia | Mallard has had a new full resin lower off 3/2014. Bolt pull at 5kn+. |
| Surprise Surprise | Australia | Resin Bolt added.old equipment removed and new chain linked |
| Sad Man Who’s Sane | Australia | Resin Bolt add to lower off |
| Kinder Surprise | Australia | Resin Bolt added, old equipment removed and new chain linked |
| U.B.L | Australia | Resin Bolt added to lower off |
| Plastic Soldier | Australia | Belay at top and first five bolts need replacing!!!!! |
| Orangutang Overhang | Australia | One bolt removed 5kn, replaced with resin and linked with chain. |
| Rack and pin | Australia | Rack and Pin has had a new Lower off 3/2014. Left hand Bolt pulled at 2kn and right hand bolt 5+kN |
| The Deceptive Dyke | Australia | |
| Ivor the Engine | Australia | Replaced with resin old bolts pulled at 3kn and 5kn. |
| Maximum Tariff | Australia | One Resin bolt added and chain linked. |
| Side line | Australia | Replaced RH bolt with resin anchor. Linked with chain to single point. RH bolt side to side tested in wet 1kn. |
| Gordon | Australia | Pulled Both bolt 3.5kn and 5kn. Replaced with resin bolts and linbed with chain |
| The polar express | Australia | Left hand lower off bolt removed(7.5kN+) and replace with resin and chain. Fourth bolt pulled as it was a spinner (7.5kN+) replace with resin. |
| Clash of the Titans | Australia | |
| ‘N’ Gauge | Australia | Lower off replaced with 2 resin anchors and linked with chain to single point. RH Bolt move in and out. LH bolt good. Tested in wet conditions, 1kn, 4kn |
| Sport 4 All | Australia | One Bolt removed (5kn) Replace with resin and linked with chain to single point. |
| Dried-Mouth Sesame Seed | Australia | |
| The Burning | Australia | |
| Thomas the Tank | Australia | Two expansion bolts have been link with a chain. Both bolts are fine maybe consider retro fittign resin at a later date. |
| Mad Dog of the West | Australia | |
| Derailed | Australia | Both bolt replaced, pull at 1kn and 3kn. Linked with chain. |
| Cyber World Sl@te Heads | Australia | Replace one bolt with resin and linked with chain. Other bolt held 14kn and left in place. |
| The Railway children | Australia | |
| Those who climb clearly marked projects… | Australia | |
| Turn of the Century | Australia | |
| Choo Choo | Australia | |
| Hogwarts Express | Australia | |
| Brief Encounter | Australia | |
| Shorty’s Dyno | Australia | Resin Bolt Added, one bolt pulled at 10kn. Linked with chain. |
| Pruning the Tube/Railtrack Abseil | Australia | Resin Bolt belay added, old bolt moved in and out and failed at 4.5kn |
| Mad on the Metro | Australia | Resin Bolt added to lower off |
| Hyperfly | Australia | |
| Just for Fun | Australia | |
| Dried-Mouth Frog HS | Australia | |
| In Loving Memory | Australia | |
| Feeling Rusty? | Australia | |
| Off the Beaten Track | Australia | Old Belay bolt removed as it moved in and out (7.5kn) replaced with single resin.There is another bolt there. |
| A Grand day out | Australia | |
| The Level crossing | Australia | Use other belays that have been replaced |
| Razorback | Australia | |
| Fool’s Gold | Bus Stop Quarry | |
| Equinox | Bus Stop Quarry | belay OK if you use the blocks. one old bolt |
| Solstice | Bus Stop Quarry | belay OK if you use the blocks. one old bolt |
| Gnat Attack | Bus Stop Quarry | A third bolt added and linked with chain to one of the lower off karabiners. |
| Septuagenarian | Bus Stop Quarry | Right Bolt moved. Replaced with resin. Left stud in and linked to new bolt with chain and ring. Also replaced first bolt. |
| First Stop | Bus Stop Quarry | Belay Block has been re-barred to wall behind. Approx length is twice thickness of the block. One bolt replaced withglu in. Old bolt pulled at 4kn. |
| Massambula | Bus Stop Quarry | Belay os OK. Two eco anchors. With not much wear. |
| Sterling Silver | Bus Stop Quarry | Trad belay |
| Whizz Bang | Bus Stop Quarry | |
| Comfort Zone | Bus Stop Quarry | Replaced one bolt with a glu linked with chain. Old bolt pulled at 7kn. |
| Biggles Flies Undone | Bus Stop Quarry | |
| mud slide slim/Ferrero Roche | Bus Stop Quarry | |
| Scarlet Runner | Bus Stop Quarry | |
| The Big Easy | Bus Stop Quarry | Replace on of the wobbly lead bolts with resin. Removed old stud held 10kn. |
| Jagged Face | Bus Stop Quarry | Right bolt moved side to side. 12mm was tested and held 12kn and had little movement. Stud was left in place. |
| Jenga | Bus Stop Quarry | |
| Bish Bash Bosch | Bus Stop Quarry | |
| Bosch Stop Quarry | Bus Stop Quarry | |
| Mini Bus Stop | Bus Stop Quarry | |
| Beltane | Bus Stop Quarry | |
| Geordie War Cry | Bus Stop Quarry | |
| Guillotine | Bus Stop Quarry | |
| My Hovercraft is full of Eels | Bus Stop Quarry | |
| Launching Pad | Dali’s Hole | |
| Zambesi | Dali’s Hole | |
| Holy, Holy, Holy | Dali’s Hole | |
| Tower of Laughter | Dali’s Hole | |
| Fresh Air | Never Never Land | One bolt replaced with resin. Other bolt left in tested to 10km no movement so left stud |
| Hawk Eye | Never Never Land | One Bolt replaced with resin. Other bolt 12mm stud tested to 10kn no movement, left stud in-situ. |
| 362 | Never Never Land | |
| Tomb Raider | Never Never Land | |
| Titan | Never Never Land | |
| Carbon Stage | Never Never Land | |
| Release the Kraken | Never Never Land | |
| Zeus | Never Never Land | |
| Watch Me Wallaby Wank, Frank | Never Never Land | |
| Khubla Khan | Never Never Land | OK, Added extra resin bolt 3/2014 |
| Patellaectomy | Never Never Land | |
| Short Stories | Never Never Land | OK, Added extra resin bolt 3/2014 |
| Scheherezade | Never Never Land | resin bolts |
| Bella Lugosi is Dead | Rainbow Slab Area | |
| Pull My Daisy | Rainbow Slab Area | Belay (TRAD) |
| Horse Latitudes | Rainbow Slab Area | |
| Colossus | Rainbow Slab Area | |
| The Horsin’ Around Finish | Rainbow Slab Area | |
| Alive and Kicking | Rainbow Slab Area | |
| Poetry Pink | Rainbow Slab Area | |
| Cwms the Dogi=fish | Rainbow Slab Area | 2017 |
| Red and Yellow and Pink and Green, Orange and Purp | Rainbow Slab Area | No fixed gear |
| Ride the Wild Surf | Rainbow Slab Area | |
| Catrin | Rainbow Slab Area | |
| German Schoolgirl | Rainbow Walls | |
| The Mau Mau | Rainbow Walls | |
| The Rock Dancer’s Daughter | Rainbow Walls | Re-equipped, old bolts still in-situ |
| Gerbil Abuse | Rainbow Walls | |
| Taken over by Department ‘C’ | Rainbow Walls | |
| Seamstress | Serengeti | Spike Belay (TRAD) |
| Seams the Same | Serengeti | Spike Belay (TRAD) |
| Peter Pan | Serengeti | |
| Slippery People | Serengeti | |
| Heading the Shot | Serengeti | Replaced one bolt for resin. Pulled the other 12mm in damp condition 7kn failure. |
| Slug Club Special | Serengeti | Not a lower off |
| Neat Arete | Serengeti | |
| Stack of Nudebooks Meets the Stickman | Serengeti | Not a lower off |
| The Great Curve | Serengeti | |
| Quelle Surprise | Serengeti | |
| Combat Rock | Twll Mawr | |
| Supermassive Black Hole | Twll Mawr | |
| Comes the Dervish | Vivian Quarry | resin lower off |
| Mental Lentils | Vivian Quarry | resin lower off |
| Last Tango in Paris | Vivian Quarry | resin lower off |
| Psychotherapy | Vivian Quarry | 2nd Bolt moves and needs replacing. |
| The Monster Kitten | Vivian Quarry | resin lower off |
| Is it a Crime? | Vivian Quarry | |
| Never as Good as the First Time | Vivian Quarry | |
| Ladder Resist | Vivian Quarry | resin lower off |
| The Madness | Vivian Quarry | |
| Snakes and Ladders | Lost Worlds | One of the abseil bolt by Dinorwig Unconquorable needs replacing. |