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areyoumydude
Feb 2, 2007, 8:43 PM
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We just had two highlines, climbing and rigging gear stolen just north of Moab, UT. 4" ss double pulleys, multiple span sets, shackles, and a grip hoist(very expensive), plus other assorted gear. If anyone has any info or sees any of this stuff for sale on the interweb please contact me at larry@notforclimbing.com or just pm me.
Thanks, Larry 
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billcoe_
Feb 2, 2007, 9:09 PM
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I hope they get caught, paid back, and you get your gear back.
damn that sucks.
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roy_hinkley_jr
Feb 2, 2007, 9:10 PM
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Kudos to whoever it was that cleaned up the abandoned trash! Hopefully it was disposed of properly. Larry, unless that was private land (doubtful), you got what you deserved...don't litter!
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mrpotter
Feb 2, 2007, 9:30 PM
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chanceboarder
Feb 2, 2007, 9:36 PM
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I think a trap needs to be set to catch the evil doers! Rig another line and hide out in the bushes or behind some rocks or something and catch them in the act, then beat the living crap out of them...errr I mean turn them over to the cops for theft
Jason
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roy_hinkley_jr
Feb 2, 2007, 9:45 PM
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mrpotter wrote: I hope that was sarcastic
Nope. Abandoned gear on public land is trash. Period. Highlines are particularly obnoxious...a visual blight visible from far away. Somebody did the right thing and cleaned it up.
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d1ll1gaf
Feb 2, 2007, 10:06 PM
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roy_hinkley_jr wrote: mrpotter wrote: I hope that was sarcastic Nope. Abandoned gear on public land is trash. Period. Highlines are particularly obnoxious...a visual blight visible from far away. Somebody did the right thing and cleaned it up.
So next time you go climbing and abandon your car in the parking lot, I am free to come along and clean it up by removing it?
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matttt
Feb 2, 2007, 10:12 PM
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So next time you go climbing and abandon your car in the parking lot, I am free to come along and clean it up by removing it?
brilliant logic....
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doogle
Feb 2, 2007, 10:20 PM
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d1ll1gaf wrote: roy_hinkley_jr wrote: mrpotter wrote: I hope that was sarcastic Nope. Abandoned gear on public land is trash. Period. Highlines are particularly obnoxious...a visual blight visible from far away. Somebody did the right thing and cleaned it up. So next time you go climbing and abandon your car in the parking lot, I am free to come along and clean it up by removing it?
Not quite the same thing, is it.
If he had set up his slackline in a "slackline park", then maybe you'd have a point.
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alexmac
Feb 2, 2007, 10:23 PM
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So next time you go climbing and abandon your car in the parking lot, I am free to come along and clean it up by removing it?
brilliant logic....
Not at all the same thing, in fact most would see it as "booty" and not thief, myself I'd post a note some place about having the gear; not that I'd clean it.
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112
Feb 2, 2007, 10:24 PM
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And its not really trash if the salvage value is more than the cost of the clean-up effort.
Sounds bunk to me.
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shimanilami
Feb 2, 2007, 10:43 PM
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112 wrote: And its not really trash if the salvage value is more than the cost of the clean-up effort.
WTF????
In my opinion, he left a bunch of trash out there and some dude cleaned up after him. I'd buy that guy a beer if I could.
Empaque su basura.
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112
Feb 2, 2007, 10:52 PM
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You may know more about the specifics here.
But it still sounds bunk to me.
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metalhead
Feb 2, 2007, 10:53 PM
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In reply to: WTF???? In my opinion, he left a bunch of trash out there and some dude cleaned up after him. I'd buy that guy a beer if I could.
yeah right, i could see your point if it was up for more than a week but if its a work in progress i think its steeling
how would you feel if you had your draws up on a route and someone snaged em
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mrpotter
Feb 2, 2007, 10:56 PM
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shimanilami
Feb 2, 2007, 11:02 PM
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metalhead wrote: In reply to: WTF???? In my opinion, he left a bunch of trash out there and some dude cleaned up after him. I'd buy that guy a beer if I could. yeah right, i could see your point if it was up for more than a week but if its a work in progress i think its steeling how would you feel if you had your draws up on a route and someone snaged em
I'd feel I got what I deserved. Which is why I don't leave draws hanging on projects.
I was hanging out with Werner in the Valley last weekend and he said the Korean Team left $5000 worth of new cams and ropes on the N. American wall for a couple of months. He impounded it and is waiting with a fat littering ticket for those guys when they come back. That's justice if you ask me.
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shimanilami
Feb 2, 2007, 11:03 PM
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mrpotter wrote: If someone was worried about the visual effects of it, why couldnt they just take it down and leave all the gear there? Or at the very least, just leave a note where they could pick it up.
Is that what you do when you find booty on climbs?
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mrpotter
Feb 2, 2007, 11:05 PM
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devils_advocate
Feb 2, 2007, 11:26 PM
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yeah, booty gear, for the most part, isn't visually obnoxious from a distance.
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limeydave
Feb 2, 2007, 11:49 PM
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If you take something that isn't yours, without the intent to return it, you are a thieving scumbag.
If 'trash' or leaving stuff on lines offends you, call the powers who be to deal with it - that way people get their stuff back and a lecture on 'littering'.
Some people just aren't taught right and wrong - I blame the parents.
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billcoe_
Feb 3, 2007, 12:00 AM
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limeydave wrote: If you take something that isn't yours, without the intent to return it, you are a thieving scumbag. If 'trash' or leaving stuff on lines offends you, call the powers who be to deal with it - that way people get their stuff back and a lecture on 'littering'. Some people just aren't taught right and wrong - I blame the parents.
Thanks limey DAve:
BTW, you other jackasses: next time you leave a rucksack at the base of the climb and your stuff gets ripped, or you come back to find that your tent, along with the sleeping bag, stove and other things have been "removed as trash" by some dickhead, I hope you remember this discussion and perhaps change your attitudes.
Edited to add: what a couple of pricks you guys are. Shame on you.
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big_red
Feb 3, 2007, 1:43 AM
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Wow... I can't believe there are people here taking the side of the person who swiped the gear. I certainly hope you guys never have to deal with that.
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Adk
Feb 3, 2007, 3:07 AM
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Good luck catching these thieves.
Grand Larceny is a great reason to buy a trail cam to take pics of your gear should anyone come near it.
I hunt and I know many guys who place these out to catch treestand thieves in areas that have a history of getting hit. The photos that I have heard of always stick.
Good luck. I often wonder about ebay stuff.....was it stolen stuff ???
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socalclimber
Feb 3, 2007, 2:05 PM
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If it's on federal land, you might want to check with the land managers blm/nps/nfs rangers. Out here in Josh if you leave a high line up for more than 24 hours it very well can get confiscated.
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bbirtle
Feb 3, 2007, 3:40 PM
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limeydave wrote: If you take something that isn't yours, without the intent to return it, you are a thieving scumbag. If 'trash' or leaving stuff on lines offends you, call the powers who be to deal with it - that way people get their stuff back and a lecture on 'littering'. Some people just aren't taught right and wrong - I blame the parents.
I agree completely and am astounded anybody would side with the thieves.
An odd piece of gear high on a route with no marks and no reasonable way to return it is the only case that strikes me as ethical to take something that isn't yours. All the rest is just plain theft.
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