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Lost - Equipment at Moss Island

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Nol Huther · · Burlington, VT · Joined Dec 2014 · Points: 1,652

I recently lost a BD .75 cam, with a Madrock quickdraw and BD Oz attached at Moss Island, near the base of Power Tower or Sno-White. It is apparently no longer there. If anyone has found it, please let me know- though I'm sure some asshole walking around swiped it

csproul · · Pittsboro...sort of, NC · Joined Dec 2009 · Points: 330

LOL You can't keep track of your shit and leave it on the ground and someone else is the "asshole" for picking it up. You really know how to motivate someone to return your gear.

Nol Huther · · Burlington, VT · Joined Dec 2014 · Points: 1,652
csproul wrote:LOL You can't keep track of your shit and leave it on the ground and someone else is the "asshole" for picking it up. You really know how to motivate someone to return your gear.
Good point about my lack of ability to keep track of my gear, but that comment is directed more to the graffiti-spraying-vape-blowing crowd that also frequents the town park (many a climber at Moss Island is familiar with them and their handywork). I've met another climber who had a similar problem of having a piece of gear stolen there, but that was years ago. I contacted the police and the local climbing community page, the gear was reported to not be there anymore where it was left and no one knows about it, which leads me to believe that it was probably one of the typical walk-in-and-disappear-for-half-an-hour-and-walk-out-smelling-like-weed crowd that took it as a little trophy or to Craigslist it for a few bucks in a little while, as any climber would have probably turned it in or reported it, I'm very trusting in the local climbing community which is very friendly in my number of visits to this crag. This was just a last hope of not having to lose a pretty penny.

Edit- I also see your not likely not familiar with a small crag in Central New York, but this is a local spot where we share it with a park in the middle of town where the local populus comes through all the time, and they are not always model citizens. The island is heavily graffitied, and although the local community (outside of climbing too) is fairly nice, people abusing the environment here is a touchy subject among many local climbers. Stolen gear is just another annoyance
csproul · · Pittsboro...sort of, NC · Joined Dec 2009 · Points: 330
Nolan Huther wrote: Good point about my lack of ability to keep track of my gear, but that comment is directed more to the graffiti-spraying-vape-blowing crowd that also frequents the town park (many a climber at Moss Island is familiar with them and their handywork). I've met another climber who had a similar problem of having a piece of gear stolen there, but that was years ago. I contacted the police and the local climbing community page, the gear was reported to not be there anymore where it was left and no one knows about it, which leads me to believe that it was probably one of the typical walk-in-and-disappear-for-half-an-hour-and-walk-out-smelling-like-weed crowd that took it as a little trophy or to Craigslist it for a few bucks in a little while, as any climber would have probably turned it in or reported it, I'm very trusting in the local climbing community which is very friendly in my number of visits to this crag. This was just a last hope of not having to lose a pretty penny
Ahh..sorry about your gear, hope you get it back.
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