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Etiquette on dropped gear 9-Nov-2011 At 7:27:40 PM Ben_E

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Etiquette rather than hard and fast rule, but I think if you drop something of your climbing partners any significant distance, you at least offer to buy then a new one or offer like for like from your own rack, whether it is lost or not. If they're still happy climbing on the dropped gear, presumably they'll decline.

If gear is lost due to having to leave it behind to bail (happened to me twice, both times due to related injuries), split the loss 50/50.

But what about stuck gear? Is it deemed to be the fault of the leader for making hateful difficult-to-clean placements (I'm notorious for slamming those nuts in tight when I get stressed), or the fault of the follower for being a hopeless gumby who couldn't wiggle or just plain force the gear out?