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Etiquette on dropped gear 10-Nov-2011 At 9:07:41 AM stonetroll

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On 9/11/2011 Jahmz wrote:
>I recently had a friend drop a quickdraw while cleaning a climb after me.
>I understand, it happens. but where do we stand on replacement gear, for
>me the rule has always been you drop it you replace it, but what if that
>piece is no longer made, or the other person disagrees?

I would consider dropped gear as a trivial matter, not worth making rules about.

The memorys, the comradery, the nourishment in my soul, and the feeling of beeing in the moment that i get with each and every person i've ever climbed with, is worth a 1,000 racks 10,000 racks a 1,000,000,000,000 racks . It's priceless.

Watching the sun drop behind the Wolgan from the top of The Coke Ovens after a succesful onsight, seeing the sun come up over the horizon of The Pacific Ocean as i drop a rap line down the sea cliffs of Point Perp' , feeling my hands shredded after a big day at Buffalo are worth a far lot more than $15 for a caribiner.

I have a good job and a good rack and as far as i'm concerned, if some one i'm climbing with drops gear i accept that as collateral damage and wouldn't expect any reimbursement.

I don't really put a dollar value on my climbing adventures. It's more about the experience.