Since the last post, events have overtaken your host that mean the already slow rate of posting is going to be even slower.
Some three months ago I demonstrated my long held thesis that old climbers simply don’t see height as a hazard, and I took a long fall off an easy un-roped section I have climbed many times before over many decades.
Unfortunately I did severe damage to my frontal lobes, but, miraculously I seem to have recovered most function. Most importantly, the Crag Chemistry pertinent locations seem to have survived and progress seems possible.
I have part written, a report which follows on with a further examination of the 6 bolts from Cabo da Roca. In this report I take a close look at evidence for hydrogen embrittlement, and attempt to relate what we observe with the current mechanistic explanations of the phenomenon.
I’m optimistic I can get at least this much done.
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