Wat doet een klimmer op Curacao? / What's a climber to do on Curacao?



Een snel antwoord: klimroutes maken! Rotsen genoeg, of meer dan Nederland in elk geval... om me daarmee te helpen heeft Kobe Bellinkx van het Belgian Rebolting Team (BRT) me vorig weekend een 'crash course' route behaken gegeven. Kobe bedankt!! Bij deze een impressie met foto's. Er komt meer als ik daar een begin maak!

A quick answer: setting up new routes! Plenty of rock, more than in Holland at least... to help me with that Kobe Bellinkx of the Belgian Rebolting team (BRT) gave me crash course in bolting. Kobe, thanks very much!! In this post I'm sharing some photo's. More to come when I start to do it over there!

Flone, 'under construction'
 
Een hoop materiaal te versjouwen
Lots of gear to carry to the rocks

Stap 1 is boren - het was al schoongemaakt
Step 1 is to drill - cleaning was already done
 
Zeker stellen dat de haak niet kan draaien
Making sure the bolt can't rotate

Passen / fitting

Klaar voor de haak
Ready for the bolt

Stap 2 is stofvrij maken
Step 2 is to clean the dust

Stap 3, lijm erin
Step 3, add glue

Stap 4, haak erin
Step 4, add bolt

Wat druk uitoefenen...
Apply some pressure...

Meer druk uitoefenen, maar wel voorzichtig
Apply more pressure, gently

Overschot aan lijm verwijderen
Removing the surplus of glue

Eindresultaat / end result

Dit proces herhaalden we vier keer... dan 45 minuten uitharden en klaar!
This process was repeated four times... drying time 45 minutes and ready to go!

Het resultaat: een korte route genaamd "Hart van Te Fiti" (5c+)
The result: a short route named "Hart van Te Fiti" (5c+)

Weer wat nieuws geleerd!
Learned something new today!

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