Breakins 2011

[Jeff]

It was suggested to me that I pass this on to as many climbers as possible.
One of Lee Counties 'finest' is out of prison and most likely back on the prowl.
Watch your stuff folks.

[Eric Cox]

I'm assuming you mean Tutt. I

[Clevis Hitch]

I heard tutt tried to commit suicide like the times with pills and he now lives in a vegatative state.

[businessprofessional]

Is this someone with a history of violence, or just a thief?

[dustonian]

On a related note, don't take a nice car to the Grey's Branch trailhead for the time being. There has been a rash of catalytic converter-ripoffs there in the last month.

[michaelarmand]

On a related note, don't take a nice car to the Grey's Branch trailhead for the time being. There has been a rash of catalytic converter-ripoffs there in the last month.

Unbelievable! At my work several people had the cat stolen from their vehicles last year - broad daylight in a busy parking lot. FYI - I heard that in general the cat thieves look for older model imports which supposedly contain some rare earth metals in them...

[dustonian]

Platinum.

[Clevis Hitch]

Last I heard a cat was worth about thirty five bucks as scrap and a couple hundred to replace.

[dustonian]

$35 x 5 cars = $175 = 3 months of Oxycontin yeeehaa!!

[rohr]

don't take a nice car to the Grey's Branch trailhead for the time being

If your choice is between a nice car and a truck/suv/van with decent clearance, I'd say take the nice car to Gray's Arch (i.e., Military & Left Flank parking area). To chop a cat you have to get under the car, so it's much easier to get one off something higher off the ground. I know two people who've had theirs stolen--one drove an S-10 and the other drove an Astro. So you're probably better off with a low clearance car that you can't easily crawl under.