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Found Gear at Gunks
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Gunks - Found some gear this past week on a route. I think you may have been caught in the rain. Tell me what you left behind. |
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My buddy Simon had to leave a cam and draw on Bonnies. PM to arrange return if that's what you have. |
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If nobody responds, I'd drop the gear at the Visitor's Center of Mohonk Preserve, if it was found on Preserve property. Or send it there (since I'm sure there's an adequate mailing address). |
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Are you suggesting all found gear should be donated to the preserve? Is that what you do? |
Brandon Awrote: The Visitor Center maintains a Lost & Found for gear and other items. |
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I have been the person recovering left gear as well as the person leaving it for someone to find it. The logic is that the visitor center is a known place near the climbs. The climber could be from anywhere on this earth. The person may or may not read online forums or other message boards. Taking it home leaves you the burden of reaching out, vetting the ownership and providing it back to the owner. At the visitor center, the nice people who work there (both as volunteers and as employees) take on that burden and do it graciously. |
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6 years of occasionally reading this forum, I have not one seen anyone post that suggestion. I think I've already gone above and beyond by posting and attempting to locate the owner of a piece of booty. |
Brandon Awrote: Why jump to the somewhat negative - judging by your tone - interpretation? |
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I've never heard that suggestion before. Is that what you do with gear you find? I'm just curious because I don't know anyone that returns gear to the desk. |
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Speaking of negative tone and interpretation you certainly have jumped the gun an awful lot, I don't recall seeing any posts from any of you saying you found gear on any clients and returned it to the preserve. You've made me go negative on this |
Brandon Awrote: Depends on the area. In some places it's normal to return found gear to the local gear shop/hangout. Before there was a "desk" in the Gunks, we'd return found gear to the rangers or leave it with a note at the rescue cache box that used to be at the Uberfall. And that would be for significant found gear. No one was returning a single piece or sling with 2 biners. |
Brandon Awrote: I haven't climbed in the Gunks in over 20 years. Haven't climbed trad routes in over 15, so I don't find much left gear. And if I do find gear, it's usually on a route, not a client. |
Brandon Awrote: Just here to say that using the visitor's center lost & found is not a crazy suggestion, it's common practice... I wouldn't do it for booty (i.e. intentionally abandoned in a non-emergency), but I would and have done it for gear that was accidentally left behind. I've also posted here, found the owner, and mailed gear to them, but that was a heck of a lot more work. |
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why do people post here then. |
Brandon Awrote: Multiple lines of inquiry = more exposure = increased chances of getting gear back |
Mark Berenblumwrote: I'd also do it if it were more than one piece, or if it involved a rope and bag, etc. I would understand if someone were unable to recover gear, whether due to weather changes, or accidents, or emergencies outside the climbing area. Given that I live more than an hour from the Gunks, I would not assume that taking items home would result in the most speedy recovery of gear. You are correct, Mark. Posting, finding and mailing gear requires much more work. |
