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====== Mangle Hole Anchor Replacement ====== 



There has been a [[equipment:mangle_hole|request placed]] for the anchors to be replaced on Window Pitch and Balcony Pitch.

The request will be considered at the November 2024 CSCC meeting.

=== Report to the November 2024 meeting by Andrew Atkinson ===

I'm unlikely to be able to do a trip down to look at the condition before the meeting. From memory and talking to others, they are through bolts, which are hard to remove and use the same hole. I've run a rescue practice there within the last 12 months and used the anchors, so it is unlikely that they are currently dangerous. That said they will be coming to end of life. One option that may well be worth looking at is replacing the hangers, possibly with stainless. Currently I do not know the implications for insurance if this route was chosen.