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New type of removable anchors
June 29, 2010 – 7:39 pm
On espeleo i aigua there is a short article about this new type of remoeable anchor by ClimbTech. It is load is rated 22 Kn, but unfortunately you have to drill at least 0,75 inch’ wide and 3 inch deep (approx 19mm wide and 75mm deep). You can see a fascinating video about testing the [...]
Cave location with Arva
May 12, 2010 – 11:24 am
On the website of italian club CGEB you can read two interesting articles about the use of ARVAs (avalanche transceivers) on detecting cave wall thickness, or for example, where is the cave passage closest to the surface? With a known survey of the cave, they checked around where should be the a second entrance made [...]
Multimonty
May 6, 2010 – 10:05 am
On espeleo i aigua you can read about the use of multimonty (”screwfix”), and more understandable, you can see two short videos about how to install them. It is interesting that the drill used here is Bosch Uneo, which weights just 1,1kg! These techniques are used in cave exploration in remote places, where the weight [...]
Extreme caution advised for anchors in tropical, marine areas
November 5, 2009 – 9:52 am
Disturbed by recent accidents caused by fixed anchors that failed, the UIAA is warning climbers to be extremely vigiliant in checking for corrosion on anchors in tropical, marine environments.
Early results from a study prompted by the accidents are startling. Among fixed anchors in tropical, marine locales examined for far, 10 to 20 percent would fail [...]