Kevin_Matlock Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 Just wondering... what was your best gear booty score? Quote
DPS Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 # 3 camalot. I found the guy and gave it back. # 2 Black Diamond angle piton. Brand new, I removed it from Chair Peak descent gulley wiht my fingers. Quote
ChrisT Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 Swiss Army knife on Mt. Adams but I swear this thread is a re-tread. Quote
sobo Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 Brand new #4 wired Friend, with Putzl QD and biners. Came out without a struggle at all. Was probably bailed off of, I guess. Tried to give it back via booty call on this board, but no takers after 2 months, so it's mine now. Quote
selkirk Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 Copper bottom, folding handle cooking pot, from a stream at the base of Eagle Cap, was still 1/2 full of rice? Quote
olyclimber Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 Used Mountain Hardwear chapstick found hiking to Camp Muir in 5 hour car-Muir-car speed ascent. Quote
Kevin_Matlock Posted December 7, 2004 Author Posted December 7, 2004 I swear this thread is a re-tread. Â Sorry. Was just a random thought of mine. Besides, who doesn't like to brag about this sorta shit! Mine is lame... a stupid-ass spectra runner just found on the ground. Quote
Alpinfox Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 It happened during college at a party. I got really drunk and... Â Â My most satisfying climbing gear recovery was a blown out cam deep in the handcrack on OuterSpace. If I ever get the trigger wires replaced the cam will be servicable, but it was quite an accomplishment to fish it out of the crack. It was at least 24" deep and I had to dangle two nuttools on long strings and somehow hooked it and pulled it out after inverting it. Â I've gotten a few pieces of gear deep in cracks with the fishing method. Quote
Dru Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 It happened during college at a party. I got really drunk and... Â Â You fool you don't put the Rohypnol in your own drink! Â My bestest was apack with $800 worth of gear on Slesse. second bestest was four stuck ropes over the course of a week at RRocks. Quote
ken4ord Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 Hmm there has been several good finds. Â Down in the Gunks after a long weekend and all the NYC lawyer went home the next day was the ultimate in booty days. One route I found 2 cams and 2 nuts everything with draws on it, also looked like it was the first time any of the stuff was used. Â I found two cam a 2 and 1 camelots and a hex that somebody used to rap off the top of Solar Slab. Â I found two cam and a nut on Prusik same story. Â My best find didn't have to do with quality or quantity. I was on Canon and my .75 camelot (one from the gunks) popped off my harness, within 50 feet I found the same sized rigid friend. Quote
olyclimber Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 Does is count when you find gear you forgot you had in your own basement? Quote
Alpinfox Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 My bestest was apack with $800 worth of gear on Slesse. Â Damn. Lucky bastard. Wonder what the story behind that is? Quote
olyclimber Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 My bestest was apack with $800 worth of gear on Slesse. Â Damn. Lucky bastard. Wonder what the story behind that is? Â Hmmm...right up by the border. Was the gear green? Quote
Dru Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 I heard the story later on from some dudes in Squamish who watched the pack fall. Apparently an Oregon based party put the pack down on a ledge on top of the rope. Didn't clip it in. Went to pulla bight of rope and knocked pack off. watched it tumble out of sight and assumed it was gone for good. Quote
specialed Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 My ex-girlfriend had a great ass. Actually the best ever. Quote
OnTop_of_Poo Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 Used Mountain Hardwear chapstick found hiking to Camp Muir in 5 hour car-Muir-car speed ascent. Â Evidence please? Quote
olyclimber Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 Used Mountain Hardwear chapstick found hiking to Camp Muir in 5 hour car-Muir-car speed ascent. Â Evidence please? Â You know I saw that one coming... Â Quote
klenke Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 While climbing Mox Peaks last summer we scored: A) nut tool on Easy Mox B) gaitors, mitt gloves, and knit gloves on Hard Mox  Funny story: While leading a pitch on the NE Buttress of Goode I dropped a carabiner but heard no clinking noise. I couldn't find it on a ledge at my feet or anything. Bewildered, I took a step and soon discovered it had fallen into the top of a gaitor. What a catch! Quote
Alpinfox Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 While leading a pitch on the NE Buttress of Goode I dropped a carabiner but heard no clinking noise. I couldn't find it on a ledge at my feet or anything. Bewildered, I took a step and soon discovered it had fallen into the top of a gaitor. What a catch! Â So THAT'S why the mounties wear gaitors while rock climbing! It all makes sense now. Quote
OnTop_of_Poo Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 Used Mountain Hardwear chapstick found hiking to Camp Muir in 5 hour car-Muir-car speed ascent. Â Evidence please? Â You know I saw that one coming... Â Â Proves nothing! Any other officials there to verify? Quote
klenke Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 While leading a pitch on the NE Buttress of Goode I dropped a carabiner but heard no clinking noise. I couldn't find it on a ledge at my feet or anything. Bewildered, I took a step and soon discovered it had fallen into the top of a gaitor. What a catch! So THAT'S why the mounties wear gaitors while rock climbing! It all makes sense now. As mattp would say: "Indeed."Â However, when Kirk Alm and I did that climb (July 5, 2001) there were freshiez on the route in places. The gaitors were helpful at times. So there. Quote
AaronB Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 Some dude dropped a pair of nice sunglasses from way up on the salathe wall... Landed right on my sleeping bag. I was sleeping on that ledge right next to the 10c double cracks at the base. Quote
olyclimber Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 Used Mountain Hardwear chapstick found hiking to Camp Muir in 5 hour car-Muir-car speed ascent. Â Evidence please? Â You know I saw that one coming... Â Â Proves nothing! Any other officials there to verify? Yes, of course I do everything according to the speedclimbing rule book. There was this guy: Â And the guy in this photo holding the official timing device: Quote
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