1) What is the Wilderness Rock-Bolting Issue really about?

2) Why has this minor issue taken on major proportions?

Answer the first question - and perhaps you've answered both.

One thing is for certain:
      this issue is NOT about the occasional rappel anchor.

 

Bulldog Rock Drill

Killer driller — Supercharging your Hilti

By Jeff Jackson

(From: Climbing Magazine - Feb. 1, 1999)

Let us now sing the praises of power tools — the staccato rap, rap, rap of the hammer drill, that pleasant vibration through the upper arm, rock grit between the teeth, and eye boogers. For verily it is true that the only thing better than power ... is more power. If you are one of those people who can’t relate, stop reading now. This article is aimed at the experienced first ascensionist looking to get between 50 and 100 holes out of his cordless, electric hammer drill. Supercharging a drill isn’t rocket science. The genius is in the details...

There is, we suggest, a great deal
in the details of this issue.

This document was prepared by Wild Wilderness. To learn more about ongoing industry-backed congressional efforts to motorize, commercialize, and privatize America's public lands, contact:

Scott Silver, Executive Director,
Wild Wilderness
248 NW Wilmington Avenue,  Bend  OR 97701
Phone (541) 385-5261    E-mail: ssilver@wildwilderness.org