Sulphide Stress Cracking (SSC) The second part of a multi-part series For SCC see Part 1 Tonsai/Railay is where stainless-steel anchors go to die. We can now add, that the cause is SRB-mediated SSC. Introduction: I owe much to Martin Roberts of Titan Climbing for taking the initial steps of our great adventure into crag chemistry. […]
Chasing Some Demons The first Part of a multi-Part Series Introduction: Tonsai/Railay is where stainless-steel anchors go to die. So, this is where it all began. Actually, I tell a lie, it began elsewhere, but, as far as notoriety within the climbing community is concerned, our story begins many years ago on the tropical beaches […]
This note was posted to the Titanium Bolting FB Group 7 March 2020 Everyone knows and loves those huge lower-off rings we find at the top of climbs at Railay/Tonsai.However, some of us began to love them a whole lot less when it became clear that they too were subject to the dreaded SCC. If […]