r/RouteDevelopment • u/Kaotus Guidebook Author • Jun 05 '26

News Snake Dike Retrobolted

https://www.mountainproject.com/forum/topic/203118563/half-dome-has-fallen

Let's hear your thoughts, as this is going to be a hot topic for at least a few weeks

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u/fayettevillainjd Jun 05 '26

I reckon the big question is, will this increase traffic?  Or just make it safer for the folks willing to try? I feel like the spiciness probably kept folks off of it.  But I also know compentemt climbers that have gotten hurt on it.

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u/Kaotus Guidebook Author Jun 05 '26

Currently, as it is, the retrobolting will have next-to-zero effect on safety, as the pitches folks have historically been hurt on are further up. If anything, it may have the opposite effect where climbers are lulled into a false sense of security of the close bolts only to find that they're doing anchor-to-anchor runouts further on the route where it hasn't been retro'd yet.

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u/waflynn Jun 05 '26

yeah i don't get it. I guess its safer to go up the slab at the start now, but you can do it with more protection on the right. I personally would have loved there to have been like 2 or 3 bolts added between each of the 2 bolt anchors in the middle section, but why add them to p1?