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diplodocus
Jan 13, 2003, 9:03 AM
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What's the most precious pro you had to leave behind because it was not retrievable (walked in too much or got wedged in too tight)
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redpoint73
Jan 13, 2003, 11:25 AM
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Small (No. 0 and 1) Metolius TCU's. They seem to overcam fairly easy since they are so small. I have acutally lost two of them. Both times, an inexperienced second got it stuck worse trying to clean it. And I had probably overcammed it in the first place. But I think I've found more pro than I lost over the years.
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stevematthys
Jan 13, 2003, 1:49 PM
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i have never left a piece, but i have worked for very long periods of time to get a piece out.
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blindslap
Jan 13, 2003, 2:45 PM
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i had to leave a #8 stopper. it wasn't that sad, but it was my first piece. Then the next day a found a #8 but it was so old and beat up i just have it cause it's cool.
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hangdoggypound
Jan 13, 2003, 3:25 PM
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A Rope. Nice shiney new one, too. My climbing partner and I were rapping down a 4 pitch route, and on the last rappel we threaded the rope through a nice hole in the rock - totally natural. Being total cheapasses, we opted not to use a sling through the hole and just do the rope.
"Yeah, that'll be able to pull out when we're down." HA. Not a chance. Our body weight just sinched the rope into a crack - we assume.
The sun went down on us trying to get the rope un-stuck.
Someone out there is stoked. It only had one minor leader fall. The best part is that is was my friend's rope.
[small]edit for spelling[/small]
[ This Message was edited by: hangdoggypound on 2003-01-13 07:26 ]
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climbjs
Jan 13, 2003, 4:07 PM
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My 2 biggest cams. On a climb, incidentally, that I "shouldn't have" struggled on.
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flamer
Jan 14, 2003, 6:29 AM
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I've only ever left nuts....they're cheap anyway!
Plus the booty gods have been good to me I've found like 8 cams, a ton of nuts, and who knows how many biners... the one peice that did get left that I really miss was this sweet RP I found in the valley a couple of years ago- it was stamped"camp4" and it just seemed to work really well... my partner left it on the south face of the column last summer- not because he couldn't clean it but because we were moving fast and he thought it was a fixed peice!! Man was I pissed at him!!
josh
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kalcario
Jan 14, 2003, 6:42 AM
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I had to abandon 7 draws once on this tufa route in Spain, those things are formed by water runoff, even though it had stopped raining the route still had a river of water flowing off it...the Czech guys living in the cave at the base were psyched though...
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pbcowboy77
Jan 14, 2003, 6:50 AM
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I ahd to leave my number 7 smiley nut. I've searched for another for th last two months. I just found out that my partner that placed it, bailed off it, then could not clean it, bought me a new one last week
-Zac
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saltspringer
Jan 14, 2003, 6:53 AM
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most expensive gear I leave behind is usually a piton as fixed pro on FA's, otherwise, only ever left slings and an occasional nut
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bandycoot
Jan 15, 2003, 6:43 PM
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a sling... about $2 worth of webbing. I've found A LOT more than I've left behind.
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milesdesbrie
Jan 15, 2003, 7:33 PM
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A .5 Camalot high on After 6 in Yosemite. It walked itself deep into a crack, and retrieval efforts were hindered by a broken trigger wire. Buh bye, Camalot.
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stoutclimb1
Jan 15, 2003, 8:03 PM
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Im the same as steve never left a peice but have spent upwards of an hour on a cam.
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rockjunkie
Jan 15, 2003, 9:17 PM
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does anyone think it would be possible to retrieve a cam with an undone coat hanger. it seems that if it walks in too far you may be able to put the coat hanger through one of the holes in the cam (depending on the brand) or behind the cam and pull toward yourself and it would compress. this may have been tried before as i am not yet a trad climber- but just a thought.
peace
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number7
Jan 15, 2003, 9:27 PM
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Sure! A coat hanger would be great! And this would be so easy to do considering a coat hanger is one of those pieces no leader leaves behind.
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jen_c
Jan 15, 2003, 9:36 PM
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Haven't had to leave anything behind so far, but like others, I've had to work hard on a piece or two. Told a fall on a nut and then later had to get it out...worked quite a while on it but I really wanted that piece back - it was my first lead fall and that piece was special to me!!!
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hallm
Jan 15, 2003, 9:48 PM
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number7, too damn funny.
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flying_dutchman
Jan 15, 2003, 10:28 PM
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don't worry, i bet you made someone happy
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crack_head
Jan 15, 2003, 10:40 PM
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coat hanger yeah and you could hang up your shirt while your climbing and keepit nice
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rockjunkie
Jan 16, 2003, 4:34 AM
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oh well. i tried.
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astrocrag
Jan 16, 2003, 4:43 AM
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A 20ft piece of webbing and an oval carabiner.
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djmeat
Jan 16, 2003, 5:47 AM
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had to leave my dignity a few times.
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camhead
Jan 16, 2003, 6:19 AM
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I would definitely consider my dignity an essential part of my rack as well. I'd hate to leave it up there.
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