In August I'm headed back to India, where I've been putting up some routes. I'm looking for gear donations that I can bring over and leave with the locals. I live in Chicago and am not making any money from this, just trying to do something nice.
You can check out the bolting projects at the Kinnaur page here on MP:
Besides setting up routes, last spring I trained some of the locals to belay and climb, to the point of bringing a few busses of schoolkids (they had a blast of course). It was a collaboration with a few local trekking companies and a local ecotourism organization. You can check out the photos at this flickr page:
This year I'm going back and thought it would be nice to bring more used gear (last year I left them with a rope and a few harnesses, which they've been using without rock shoes). Thus the post. Best would be harnesses and shoes. But I won't turn down a used rope that could live life as a toproping rope for a few more years. If you've got stuff that you consider used but safe, let me know!
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