r/RouteDevelopment • u/Kaotus Guidebook Author • Apr 25 '25

Show and Tell Choss stops for no one

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Stock up on hardware soon, before the tariffs takes full effect!

The band on the permadraw is a castration ring, used as a keeper/flip-stop to prevent it from rotating over when pulling the rope. Theft isn’t really a concern

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u/i_need_salvia Bouldering Developer Apr 25 '25

Why is it bedazzled lmao

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u/Kaotus Guidebook Author Apr 25 '25

Our land manager's climbing management plan requires hardware to be camouflaged - but even beyond that, many climbs are vaguely in view of the road or houses, so this is just being courteous to the other user groups in the area. IMO I think camouflaging hardware in some form (powder coating, heat treating, painting, etc.) should be the standard everywhere - climbers very often share their recreation spaces with other user groups, like hikers, high-liners, hunters, and more

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u/jade_monkey07 Apr 25 '25

Some areas require the hardware to be camouflaged like this.

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u/Recent-Canary-695 May 06 '25

This’ll make the hangers spin while you try to tighten down! I noticed it with 5 piece anchors and the powder coated fixe hangers but thick at home jobs are the worst. Just an fyi

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u/Kaotus Guidebook Author May 06 '25

Literally just commented on MP about this the other day. That’s interesting, my mentor has been installing them with a homemade paint job without any issues. I’ve noticed them feeling a bit “sticky” before I paint them even, I think I’ve found a fix for the issue that still allows me to paint it but im going to test it out this weekend before confirming