mr.radon Posted September 7, 2003 Posted September 7, 2003 I'd like to see if anyone can beat these: Most stupid place to get gear stuck (The Tooth): A stuck cam on the "Tooth" of all places. First the follower couldn't get it out on the way up, then the two couldn't get it out on rappel. I got it out on the first try - look before you pull guys. Most gear left on route (4): A few weeks ago we followed two guys up Diedra. I removed two nuts and my partner removed two nuts. Quote
Dru Posted September 7, 2003 Posted September 7, 2003 4 ropes found stuck at Red Rocks. 2 on first pitch of Solar Slab Gully 2 on first pitch of Cat In The Hat. in both cases we soloed up to the anchor, dropped the ropes and solo downclimbed (one pitch 4th class one pitch 5.3). Quote
babnik Posted September 7, 2003 Posted September 7, 2003 i cam 2 nuts on GNS. boootae! cam was jsut a little stuck and the nuts i think fell off the rack and landed (1) in a crack adn (2) on teh legde. shitty deal for them! Quote
nonanon Posted September 7, 2003 Posted September 7, 2003 Two REI lockers, two ovals and two sewn slings. All neatly clipped to two Metolius rap hangers... Quote
EWolfe Posted September 7, 2003 Posted September 7, 2003 At the base of a Southern Yosemite dome: 1. rope piled at the base, with 2. new gri-gri and locker still on the rope  Quote
EWolfe Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 E-rock said: You guys are THIEVES!!!! Â YAAAARRRR! Â Â Quote
RuMR Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 babnik said: cascadecrags. Â not where you found idiots, but where you found gear... Quote
snoboy Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 nonanon said: Two REI lockers, two ovals and two sewn slings. All neatly clipped to two Metolius rap hangers... Â That wouldn't be on Monkey face would it? Coz that's where I found two near new BD ovals clipped to... two Metolius rap hangers. Quote
Dru Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 i have found whole top rope anchors left abandoned in the bluffs several times. also slings and biners threaded thru rap hangers at Pesahastin and in the Icicle. Quote
Thinker Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 I found a little alien in a crack at the base of 3 Blind Dikes. Someone forgot their bottom anchor. Â I found a 300 foot static rope in a rope bag in the middle of the street in a small midwestern city. I suspect someone forgot to secure it properly on the fire engine. Â 2 stoppers and 4 or 5 biners with REI price tags still on them on Chair Peak. Â Found a full can of Rainer Beer at a bivy site on the Turtle last year. Quote
kurthicks Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 yea, well, i found three 24oz PBRs just above the Timberline Lodge on Hood last November. Stuck right in the snow, glistening in the sun, just waiting for me... Quote
philfort Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 Last time I was on the Tooth, there were 2 brand new cams stuck. We were going to retrieve them while rappeling, unfortunately there were lightning strikes happening so we had better things to do... Â Also saw a new rope hanging from a cliff about halfway up the approach to the east ridge of Forbidden, at the top of the snow finger, where there are a few moves on pebbly slabs or something. Not sure why anyone would have to leave a rope there? Quote
hakioawa Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 2 brand new double runners, a nut, a locker an oval, and 3 hero-loops set up as arapel anchor. About 4 feet from a bolted fixe rap anchor on Bugaboo spire. Quote
mmcmurra Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 Dru said: i have found whole top rope anchors left abandoned in the bluffs several times. Â Hope this isn't related to this! Quote
erik Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 i dunno  i rarely keep any bootie gear i find. have found it all over. i just think cool! some poor sap lost something....and then move on with life....  tho the best was a set of offset aliens!! i sold those bastards and stay unemployed for another month!   Quote
allthumbs Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 with Erik on this- i just set shit up on an obvious rock, or nail it to a post and drive it into the middle of the trail Quote
Bug Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 Went for a walk by Garnet MT (a ghost town). After topping out on a rdge and seeing a little bench below and out of the wind, I went there and sat on the obvious rock. Right between my feet was a small jar of bud with a slightly rusted lid. Since I don't smoke, I threw it into the wind and watched it blow away. Quote
scot'teryx Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 not where you found idiots, but where you found gear... Â hey, watch it! Quote
gnibmilc Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 speaking of which...is the Petzel bent gate key lock carabiner yours or not? it was very shiny, has a certain color tape on it, and was perched too well to have been sitting long. btw, the freaking horizontal crack/ledge that shoots left from the dihedral on the NW face was hillarious. 50m+ around the north side...thought i was seeing SEWS before i turned around. do you or dru know what that thing is? Quote
texplorer Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 Found two cheap cams and quickdraws on the nose in a crack not two feet from a burly two bolt anchor. Quote
erik Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 gnibmilc said: speaking of which...is the Petzel bent gate key lock carabiner yours or not? it was very shiny, has a certain color tape on it, and was perched too well to have been sitting long. btw, the freaking horizontal crack/ledge that shoots left from the dihedral on the NW face was hillarious. 50m+ around the north side...thought i was seeing SEWS before i turned around. do you or dru know what that thing is? Â NOPE I DONT USE PETZL BINERS..... Â I THINK THAT ROUTE IS THE BARBER POLE?? BUT I WOULD NEED A MORE CLEAR DEFINTION OF WHAT YOU SAW!! Â NICE UPPER PITCHES EH?? Â Quote
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