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Suspicious Characters 1-Sep-2013 At 8:31:43 PM salty crag

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Had a great day at Araps today but an encounter with a couple of guy's in the late arvo was a bit suss. We had a first timer in the group and finished our day top roping a few climbs at dec crag. While our group was on the crag helping the bumbly set his first top ropes a couple of guys appeared below cruising round. I thought they were just scouting the crag and waved to them and got on with the task in hand until one of the guy's asked "how would you go if we grabbed all your gear" (3 bags). I thought they were joking (maybe they were) and laughed and said how good and trustworthy people are at the mount. The guy's talked to each other, looked at our gear and then left in a 4wd ute thankfully leaving our gear behind. It was a weird encounter and we all feel lucky we didnt loose anything. I know there have been bags grabbed before at the mount while climbers are on rope and in the future I might hide my stuff from general view.