Please return my top rope anchor from The Maiden

If we had bailed off the North Ridge route of The Maiden, I wouldn't be posting here asking for it back: that would be booty, and it's on me. However, in this case, I noticed the beta in the MP commentary for the route suggested using the pin for the "pendulum pitch" as a top rope anchor, which you have to subsequently clean on the way back down. Since I was climbing with a partner whom I suspected might have trouble with the overhang crux, I decided to use this option, and clipped the pin with my cordalette and backed it up with a green Camalot.

There were two parties ascending the East Ridge, and another on the North Ridge. When we rapped down to the Crow's Nest, we found one of you had already cleaned my anchor. While I understand that legally, one could consider it abandoned, and admittedly I didn't think to put a sign on it (I thought it was fairly hard to see while rapping), the fact is we would have simply used the fixed rap anchor 20 feet farther down if we were bailing. Anyway, I would appreciate it's return.

Thank you!

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I don't consider that booty. If I understand your correctly you built that anchor at the crows nest with the intent of retreiving it after your rapped back to The Crows Nest. If someone is taking gear in that circumstance, that is super lame.

I could see why someone might misconstrue this for booty. Super lame you lost it. Hopefully they will see this post and get it back to you.

matt c. wrote:I could see why someone might misconstrue this for booty. Super lame you lost it. Hopefully they will see this post and get it back to you.

Thanks, guys. I'm sure the climbers who took it didn't realize that an anchor at that pin is a standard option -- although it is mentioned in Roach's book, as well as in the commentary for the route, you obviously wouldn't know about it if you were climbing a different route. They probably just figured it was left behind by some newbies that got scared off and decided to bail without noticing the rap rings nearby. In hindsight, I wish I had just led that pitch, as it wasn't really all that hard (and features a really fun overhang).