Clint and I were at the Pinns in the rain and wind on Wednesday doing some rebolting. Here's a bit of a report.
Sister Spire - we replaced the protection bolt on the 5.6 route and replaced the rappel bolts on top. As a bit of a warning, the two Star Dryvins which comprised the lone protection bolt and one of the bolts in the anchor were installed improperly in that the sleeves, which facilitate pull-out strength, were under the hanger and not on top(bad, very bad). Only the force holding in the nail was keeping those bolts in place.
As an aside, the two hangers were drilled for 1/4" which is the same diameter of the nail. You need a 3/8" hanger to properly install a 3/8" Star Dryvin.
One important note on the new rappel anchor. Because you can approach this climb from both the west and north we had to try and make the direction of the rappel anchor accommodate both scenarios. Those who want to rap off to the west are advised to wrap into the 5.2 approach gully and continue the
rappel in that direction. It is not advised to rappel directly west off the anchor.
Third Sister - we replaced two of the three protection bolts (the first bolt was a plated Rawl 5-piece) and installed a new rappel anchor. Unfortunately, somebody had already replaced the two anchor bolts with nice 5-piece Rawls, but they put the bolts too far back from the top of the pinnacle to make a very useable rappel anchor. We also removed four 1/4" rawl stud bolts (no hangers) which were probably from the original ascent.
Monolith Northeast Corner - we replaced Mark Powell's bolted piton, the only protection bolt on this route.
All new bolts are 3/8"x3.5" Stainless Steel Powers 5-piece bolts.
