When you pass on, what will happen to all your climbing gear?

That depends . . . does my new life as a "Highlander" (like Duncan MacLoud of the clan MacLoud) begin at that point or what?

I think it is also important to know HOW you "passed on". Was it a freak gasoline fight accident, climbing fall or old age?

I will be fully equipped in my casket with a harness, boots, crampons and ice tools. Full rack of cams and screws. Buried with my toys.
Or. I can just give it all to you Mark.

The rapture is coming before any of us bite.

Like in Blondie's video?

My son gets mine.

I suppose whoever takes it off my dead body

Bury me with my crampons and tools cause when hell freezes over I'm getting the first ascent

I agree.... I want to be buried fully equipped!!! That way when grave robbers come along they can some good booty!!! And the only way they will get my stuff is to take it from my cold dead hand!!!

I think about this every time I see someone with new gear.

Will

It sounds like that is where you get all your new gear. I'll have to keep an eye out for you next time I'm out there.

My father's best friend and climbing partner of 25+ years passed away last year, and I got most of his rack, draws and ice gear, which is all much nicer than the stuff I owned previously. I know this thread may be trying to stay lighthearted, but in all reality passing on the tools that gave so much joy to you in your own life to someone else who can continue to use them is the way to go.

It's just a pile of metal, soon to corrode and become outdated and worthless. I'm not sure I care about what happens to it. I would hope they appreciate my pictures and stories more.

I would like each of my friends to have a piece or two that they could use from time to time.

I just hope I can still climb at an old age. After I die, I'd like for my partners to enjoy my gear. "You can't take a U-Haul to your grave" they say...

hmmm, i guess it all depends on if I'm wearing when I pass on. I'll decide afterwards

I'm takin dibbs on Beissel's machete; if not, then I wouldn't mind if one of you gals would just leave me your boobs, they'd be in good hands.


I wanna go out as a ghostly warrior with my sword committed to flame.

for me i'd be giving to all of my climbing partners so that they can continue to give my beloved gear use. so maybe a little peace of me can get those climbs i always wanted but never could get to....