Found: Lower Slesse NE Buttress: Extensive gear

[pinegar]

Ken and I climbed Slesse over the weekend, and a few pitches above the toe of the Buttress, we found a whole string of gear that made us suspect that someone had been injured while climbing, and the rope was eventually pulled without cleaning a lot of gear. Corrosion suggests that the gear was there all summer, which also makes me think that few parties have climbed the NE buttress this summer from the toe.

 

Please contact me if you know whose gear this is.

 

I will be in Seattle for less than two weeks.

[G-spotter]

Hey it could be Marc Leclerc's. He had to leave a whole string of gear behind during his first retreat.

 

http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showprofile&User=15955

 

http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/820582/fpart/1

[marc_leclerc]

I left bout 10 cams and two sets of chocks... also several biners and slings. that sound familiar?

[pinegar]

No, sorry, there were only about 5 cams, and 3 nuts. And everything was placed. There were not "sets", or a gear sling. It does sound like you left your whole rack, not abandoned an incomplete pitch. In your TR you say you lost 5 cams, but the others belonged to your partner I guess. Still, call me if you want to describe what you lost.

[marc_leclerc]

nevermind.. that isnt our gear then. Ill have it any ways though jk