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Etiquette on dropped gear 10-Nov-2011 At 10:04:32 AM earwig

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On 9/11/2011 davidn wrote:
>Here's an idea/game.
>
>Let's all stand 5 metres in front of a rock face and throw a biner as
>hard as we can against the rock - you get as many attempts as you like.
> First one to damage the biner enough to get the biner to break at a statistically
>significant amount lower than the expected Kn can win a free chockstone
>poster.

Win a free chockstone poster! So, who did you have in mind as the prize?

I remember dropping a piece of gear belongng to my climbing partner. It fell about a 30cm onto rock and, as he watched me scrambling and failing to grab it, bounced its way to a crack and disappeared deep into the bowels of Arapiles never to be seen again. Following the accepted etiquette between us, I offered to replace the piece and he mumbled not to bother but that it was my shout at the pub that night.