St Alphonso & Gear Behind

Post by **Savage** » Thu May 28, 2009 4:11 pm

the lurkist wrote:Are you seriously expecting someone to give you back your gear?

I think it would be pretty lame for someone to climb it and keep the cams after reading about it here. If someone finds the booty not knowing there was a post on the forum, then I think its fair game.

Post by **sharon9999** » Thu May 28, 2009 4:21 pm

It's still booty.You still keep it if you want.

Post by **Savage** » Thu May 28, 2009 4:33 pm

so if your friend bailed off a route and and asked you to get his gear back, you would just keep it?

Post by **rhunt** » Thu May 28, 2009 4:55 pm

I suppose in this new information age booty is relative. With all the fix gear/draws these days there really isn't much booty. If you keep the gear after reading this post then you won't fit into this "wonderful climbing community" we all think we are apart of.

Post by **Brentucky** » Thu May 28, 2009 5:00 pm

Savage wrote:so if your friend bailed off a route and and asked you to get his gear back, you would just keep it?

if it were my friend, yes, i would keep it and maybe let them borrow it from time to time if they were being nice to me. if it were some person i didn't know and i actually climbed trad and got on that route, i'd give it back.

all he can do is hope.

Post by **ahab** » Thu May 28, 2009 5:06 pm

in the absence of dronez...

Post by **MikeSaint** » Thu May 28, 2009 5:32 pm

I realize I may never get that gear back. I understood the terms when I bailed on the climb. I would be psyched if someone did retrieve it for me. If someone wants to climb it and not give it back thats their decision. I wont damn someone else for my failure and inability to complete the climb.

You're correct in that I can only hope.

Post by **Cleveland** » Thu May 28, 2009 5:42 pm

bcombs wrote:On a related note, who wants to climb moderate trad with me this weekend? I was thinking of something with a short approach.

Im in. Shoot me an email if your interested.

Post by **the lurkist** » Thu May 28, 2009 7:02 pm

don't think of it as failure. Think of it as motivation to train enough to get up a 5.7.

Post by **sharon9999** » Thu May 28, 2009 8:05 pm

Savage wrote:so if your friend bailed off a route and and asked you to get his gear back, you would just keep it?

If I was climbing with this friend I would get his gear back for him.If you bail leave the cliff, and leave the gear behind,it's booty,I will keep it.