Yosemite bolt replacement and Death Block removal (2012)

One block I rapped in on to remove was only being held in place by a stone about half the size of my hand. All I did was push that stone away and then lightly pull with a pry-bar and the entire block plummeted and destroyed the trail I had just performed maintenance on 2 months prior. Better the trail than a belayer or hiker. The block had chalk all over it, so people used it as part of the route. It had to go immediately.

If you are a climber and climb outside often, I highly encourage you to donate some money to the ASCA because they send people who do maintenance new bolts and equipment to make sure routes are safely climbable.

I remember when Chris McNamara founded the American Safe Climbing Association to fund bolt replacements. It was such an obvious idea in retrospect--something the American Alpine Club should have thought of years before. I think they're affiliated now somehow. But it seems almost certain that they have saved the lives of some climbers by doing maintenance.

https://web.stanford.edu/~clint/rep/08614.htm