Bootied Gear on After Six

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I was soloing on After Six the other week when I found a stuck cam…after I cleaned the cam a guy on the ground (who was packed up and leaving the crag) yelled up “hey! Thats my cam!” 

Well, that’s not exactly how I understand booty gear but being a reasonable person I offered to trade the cam for something small, like a 6 pack of beer, but nothing was offered so I kept the cam.

Turns out the guy is a friend of a friend and when he got my info from the friend the guy threatened me with assault and social ostracization for not returning the cam…what do people think?

With his attitude, I definitely wouldn't have given it back either.

Was there a rope still up on the pitch? Kind of a dick move if they were still at the base of the route and planning on getting it back. Also a dick move to threaten someone. Dicks all around, I imagine.

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:GibnZwVZaaAJ: mountainproject.

com/forum/message/125146128&hl=en&gl=us&client=firefox-b-1-m

(Combine the above url since I can't stop mountain project from otherwise destroying it)

You want a ransom to return someones property. You will not return it if you don't like their attitude. You want social media to validate theft. You are a reasonable person. 

Rope wasn’t on the pitch, bags were packed and they were leaving…I wasn’t returning someone else’s property I was cleaning abandoned property 

Certainly a lame move not to return the cam once you realized it’s theirs. Let’s keep a sense of community and camaraderie in climbing, shall we? It’s one thing if the bootied cam belongs to some unknown long-gone party, but I would return gear if I knew who it belonged to. A beer or whatever is a nice gesture but never required.

Solo back up there, replace the cam. Problem solved.

Noah White wrote:

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I was soloing on After Six the other week when I found a stuck cam…after I cleaned the cam a guy on the ground (who was packed up and leaving the crag) yelled up “hey! Thats my cam!”

Well, that’s not exactly how I understand booty gear but being a reasonable person I offered to trade the cam for something small, like a 6 pack of beer, but nothing was offered so I kept the cam.

Turns out the guy is a friend of a friend and when he got my info from the friend the guy threatened me with assault and social ostracization for not returning the cam…what do people think?

What is preventing you from returning it, your ego?