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

exactly..we all have this learning curve....one of them is to lose some gear, and then finally find out how to access the top of the cliff to rap and get your gear....

pigsteak wrote:one of them is to lose some gear, and then finally find out how to access the top of the cliff to rap and get your gear....

no way, I have NEVER done such a thing! In an unrelated story, I have GPS directions to the top of nearly every wall in the red.

Savage wrote: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.

So by that logic, when bailing, simply leave a name and phone number attached and you will always have your cams returned to you since then anyone who finds them knows who they belong to?

thats a bit of a stretch from from the point I was trying to make, but still a good argument. Its not actually a bad idea to do that. You never know, maybe someone would be kind enough to return it.

i can honestly say that if I found a piece of gear with someone's info on it, I would attempt to return it. I certainly would not ship it on my dime, though.

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.

bcombs, all trad is moderate.

I met a guy with name and address tags on all his gear......

512OW wrote:

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.

bcombs, all trad is moderate.

I forgot, sorry about that. I was thinking, why didn't he just clip the bolts? All that trad shit is bolted now right? I mean, the process of placing gear is just for nostalgia.

The gear is no longer on the route..........or so I am told.

Bummer. Lucky score for whoever grabbed it.

should have bailed on 4-5 aliens.....they might have held.