Best Practices
Building a Sustainable Fixed Hardware Maintenance Program
“Climbers should bear the responsibility for determining when and where to replace fixed anchors, and delivering on that task requires a wealth of knowledge, a variety of doodads, and a healthy dose of sweat equity.”
When it comes to fixed hardware maintenance and replacement, there is no one-size-fits-all solution. However, through years of trial and error, experts have developed key strategies for not only getting hardware in and out of cliffs, but creating professional programs to channel labor and resources toward these efforts. This chapter dives into essential strategies for funding anchor replacement, creating specialized extraction tools, mobilizing a paid or volunteer team of rebolters, and more.
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