***CAMS RETURNED*** 2 Cams taken from fixed rope line in Eldo
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Yesterday my brother and I were doing Rewritten in Eldo canyon and we got caught in a thunderstorm and total downpour. So we set up a 3 point trad anchor (2 cans and 1 nut) so we could rapel and come back today to retrieve everything. Sadly, when we got there we found out from a trail runner who was passing by, named Tony, that someone thought it was free booty and he took the 2 cans, leaving just the 1 nut for us to jug up on and retrieve our rope. |
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Good luck on getting it back, hope you do |
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In my experience, the sort of person who takes the 2 cams and leaves the fixed line hanging on a single stopper is not the sort of person who gives the cams back. |
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It was cleared up. The cams were returned. It was unintentional and no harm was done. |
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Eric Fullen wrote:It was cleared up. The cams were returned. It was unintentional and no harm was done.Good to hear, but care to elaborate on what was cleared up? Seems inadvisable if they rapped of a single nut and dangerous if they left the line for somebody to jug expecting a three piece anchor. If they didn't rap the line, were they able to reach it while rapping another line? Topped out and walked off? |
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CSI climbing edition! |
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Where exactly did you rap from? There's a giant eyebolt just a quick traverse from the first pitch. And why did you leave the rope? it seems you would spend a lot more energy jugging rather than climbing the route. |
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Eric Fullen wrote:It was cleared up. The cams were returned. It was unintentional and no harm was done.Huh? The intentional removal of the cams was unintentional? |
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jason.cre wrote:Where exactly did you rap from? There's a giant eyebolt just a quick traverse from the first pitch. And why did you leave the rope? it seems you would spend a lot more energy jugging rather than climbing the route.Just a guess, they rapped a single line to get the full Rope length and get off as quick as possible. |
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Eric Fullen wrote:, that someone thought it was free booty and he took the 2 cams, leaving just the 1 nut for us to jug up on.This is incredibly lame and I would like to hear the rationale behind this decision. |
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Maybe the leader of the "booty" team incorporated some or all of the bail anchor into a belay anchor? Then there was some miscommunication with the second as far as what gear was whose, and pieces were taken by mistake. That's the only "accidental" scenario I can think of that makes sense. |
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Thanks chuck, I could not wrap my head around that one. If that was the case I take back my previous comment. I guess I ought to not drink and post. |
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following just to hear the results |
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Jan Tarculas wrote:following just to hear the resultsDon't need to do that, just this: Follow a thread |
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don't know why I'm so curious about this incident. The verbage used in the post? the CU student? this Tony guy who knew what happened? |