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Peak Bolt Fund

The place has been crying out for one for a long time now. A lot of really good routes have and continue to become dangerous propositions due to the state of the often ancient insitu gear. Hopefully the existence and promotion of an active bolt fund and re-bolting project should help to rectify this situation. In so doing not only will we maintain the popular routes we’ve all enjoyed, but help to re-vitalise routes and crags of undeniable quality which have slipped into disuse due to the state of the gear.

The success of this venture depends entirely on the generosity in time and money of the climbing community. As is so often the way, many of those with one to give are sorely short of the other. Hopefully the Peak Bolt Fund can join the dots by giving the time rich but money poor the tools, equipment and technical support needed to carry out some necessary work.

"We now have a fully functional Natwest community current account that is able to receive: standing orders, electronic transfers etc and a corresponding paypal donation system. Alternately cheques can be posted to the address on the current site or more traditionally cash can be donated using any of the tins spread throughout the peak district and afar (Outside Hathersage, Planetfear, CragX shop, Climbing Works, soon to have one at The Castle in London too.) We intend to have a dedicated site up and running as quikly as possible. The fund will be used for the re-equipping of existing routes, not for peoples private new routing agenda's and definitely not for RETRO bolting. The intention is to use a combination of 16mm stainless glue-ins and expansion bolts to try and encourage good bolting practice in the future. More info here: http://www.ukbouldering.com/boltfund.htm and also the papal donation button." Reported  Paul Bennett Peak Bolt Fund November 2006