As many of you know, I love bolting new projects. So I was very happy to get a call from my old climbing friend Gerhard Schaar from Austria.
He is one of Austria´s most established developers and has done about 400 new lines mainly in Maltatal, but also in Tyrol, Croatia and India. Recently he has launched his company bolting.eu and invited me to join his team.
Because his new company is all about bolting. That means Gerhard has build a unique one-stop-platform (so far in German language only) for bolters and climbing tourism projects.
In his bolting online shop he sells a great variety of bolts, bolt hangers, glue in bolts and climbing anchors. There is nothing a developer can not get there. Finally there is an online shop where you can get everything you need as a developer with just a single order for great prices. Even if you do not speak German. The shop has a great design and you can easily shop just by watching the pictures . Bolting.eu ships all over Europe of course!
So I am really lucky to get sponsored by bolting.eu now. The company supplies me with all equipment I can not get from my other esteemed sponsors. For example the extra long anchor chains if the solid rock parts are a bit further apart. Bolts with 2 expansion rings or titanium glue in bolts for my projects at the coast.
And all the really useful accessories such as chain links, injection mortar, rock hammers and tool bags. As I said, this shop has it all!
Bolting.eu is also producing via ferrata anchors with it´s Italian partner Vertical Evolution. They put their immense know how together to produce some of the finest rope-clamp anchors and via ferrata stemples and via ferrata handrails.
In addition to the shop Gerhard will offer bolting courses in the future. Unfortunately the Corona pandemic hat put a hold on the first courses in Kalymnos and Leonidio in Greece. But we hope to be able to organize some courses together in 2021 in Croatia as well.
The courses are a part of the bolting.eu Academy. There Gerhard shares his vast knowledge in bolting workshops and presentations as well. Alpine organizations can book him for talks at yearly meetings, festivals and for their additional program during fairs.
What is really great about the new bolting.eu platform, is the bolting blog. There you can find a lot of interesting articles about technical, chemical and physical topics concerning bolting. For example the easy to follow instructions “setting a glue in bolt” or “setting an expansion bolt”.
And if you are also looking for the right climbing gear, the climbing online shop on the bolting.eu website has a great range of climbing hardware too. And since Gerhard is also a climbing guidebook author, you also get his Maltatal guidebook there.