How much gear do you leave behind on a mountain?
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 10:06 am
Been following an amazing thread on UKclimbing.com about winter conditions in Snowdonia , Wales. I don't climb, but do walk the mountains, especially in winter, and the thread has given me really great and very up to date info about what to expect. Dan, (Nanuls), posted the link here in EUROPE some time again. Many thanks Dan.
One of a number of constant themes in the thread is climbers finding gear left behind by other climbers. Or climbers asking if anyone has found something they lost. Ice screws etc. Sometimes someone could almost start a gear shop up with what is being lost!
Made me wonder how common it is to lose, or maybe have to leave gear on a mountain?
Presumably part of the inevitable cost of climbing?
And I wonder if anyone here has any onteresting stories of being re-united with bits of gear they had lost. Like ice axes etc.
One of a number of constant themes in the thread is climbers finding gear left behind by other climbers. Or climbers asking if anyone has found something they lost. Ice screws etc. Sometimes someone could almost start a gear shop up with what is being lost!
Made me wonder how common it is to lose, or maybe have to leave gear on a mountain?
Presumably part of the inevitable cost of climbing?
And I wonder if anyone here has any onteresting stories of being re-united with bits of gear they had lost. Like ice axes etc.