taking gear at night???? is this normal???

i left 2 pieces on an easy climb.....i waited untill dark to leave..then i went back to my site....came back early the next morning to climb back up to said pieces....and they are gone... i asked around and someone told me they saw someone well after dark taking the pieces out of the wall....WTF???? i didnt want to do the scramble off on the dark.i think taking gear at night in a campground climbing area is ASSHOLE-ish...this happened at the belle campground in jtree on the night of the 28th...i want my gear back!!! and no...i wont offer beer....you shouldnt have taken them in the first place......

Prepare the lynch mob!

and sorry Jon it isn't going to be for your 'thief'.

lost... {[basically stolen]} gear!

That's how I build my rack, plucking the plumes during late-night solo trips. I hit the easy climbs and clean up!
But seriously, JT is packed with climbers all day and night, it does not surprise me that they are gone. Just move on and forget the loss, it won't be the first or last time.

jon vandub wrote: i didnt want to do the scramble off on the dark...

I guess someone else didn't mind the scramble in the dark.

Sucks about your gear but that's the way it goes. Leaving gear on an easy and often traveled route and then getting indignant when someone cleans up your mess for you seems to be a bit childish to me.

Good luck with getting your gear back with that attitude!

jon vandub wrote:i left 2 pieces on an easy climb

Why would you leave two pieces? Do you mean you bailed on them? Isn't that the definition of booty? Not saying I wouldn't give gear back, but asking nicely for booty to be returned would go a long way. Beer would go further.

Dave Swink wrote: Why would you leave two pieces? Do you mean you bailed on them? Isn't that the definition of booty? Not saying I wouldn't give gear back, but asking nicely for booty to be returned would go a long way. Beer would go further.

+2

Is this a troll thread? Or are you actually being serious?

You left bail gear on an easy climb in a campground which is almost exclusively filled with climbers, and then when someone cleans up what you left, you post on MP insulting them, saying you won't even show the basic decency of offering them a beer for cleaning up for you, and you expect your gear back?

I wasn't in JTree, but if I had taken your gear, I cannot imagine even considering giving it back after that post.

I do some of my best drunk scrambling at josh in the dark. Love to watch the canine creatures circle the campground looking for weinerdogs. Stars are spectacular out there too... oh and whats this? a point seven five and thirteen stopper. Cool, what luck I am having tonight.

I haven't been there lately so I have an alibi, hope you get it back. But If I was out there, I wouldn't have my computer on to know I wronged you.

Steve

litterbug. get beat up.

You abandoned your gear and it got bootied........Too bad but that's the way it is.
Like everyone says.........just move on and learn.

Russ Walling wrote:Probably the rangers. You could see the bright side in that you were not cited.

wait, are you saying they get out of their cars?

Nope. Rangers don't have to get out of their cars in order to cite you for abandoning gear and littering the cliffs...................Do Rangers booty?

jack roberts wrote:Do Rangers booty?

only when they are out of weed

JLP wrote:These two guys are my prime suspects. They have no regard. mountainproject.com/v/need-… Next time, be sure to announce to all in the area that you are "IRATA Certified". Nobody will fuck with you.

i swear it WAS those guys!!! I told the guy that i want my gear... and he gave it back to me... and WITH a six pack for my troubles.....never been so happy about anything ..... EVER!!!! the Irata comment was made for competence puproses..... take it how you will...