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Theft at Point Perp - how common is it?


mattjr

23-Dec-2009
1:48:15 PM

On 23/12/2009 Phil Box wrote:
>I reckon that if an area has a really bad problem with break ins then that
>should be dealt with. If the cops don't then the climbing community should.
>
>
>Here's how a mate of mine dealt with a problem. He caught 3 young gentlemen
>of the very sun tanned skin persuasion.

Yes, you have to watch them very sun tanned folk!

>He bundled them into the boot of
>his car and took them about 30 k out of town and got them out and told
>them to start digging their grave. All the while training a gun on them.
>They were blubbering like fools. They dug a big hole, then he told them
>to take their pants off.

Yes, that sounds like justice to me! (or child abuse?)

>He then proceeded to lecture them as to what would
>happen if they or anyone else ever came on to his property again.
>
>He drove off and left them to make their own way back to town. They made
>it about 3 days later. The result is that whenever he drives down the street
>they and their mates practically salute him.
>
>The local cop got wind of it and by and large gave him a wink and a nod.
>
>
>Now how does that relate to break ins, well, we need to post a camo black
>ops sentry at the carpark and bust whoever is breaking in. Take lotsa pics
>and then jump these guys and hold them till the cops arrive. Of course
>this means a time commitment but may well go to solving these types of
>problems. I'm sure we can get creative instead of moaning about the problem.

Yep, group thuggery should sort it out. Words are for wimps, fists are for... (jamming??)


IdratherbeclimbingM9

23-Dec-2009
1:57:58 PM

On 23/12/2009 mattjr wrote:
>Words are for wimps, fists are for... (jammBing??)

Thereyagomattjr. Fixed it for you.
~> PhilB is a Qlder.


mattjr

23-Dec-2009
2:00:39 PM

'Bing-0 M9! You saved my ass on that one, phew! No one would have understand what I was going on about!

And I quote (for your benefit):P

jamming [ˈdʒæmɪŋ]
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Mountaineering) Mountaineering a rock-climbing technique in which holds are got by wedging the hands and feet in suitable cracks

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 6th Edition 2003. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003

jamming jamming jamming

jee hee hee

widewetandslippery

23-Dec-2009
2:03:11 PM

Phils suggestion is a little over the top but has some merit. I know of a successful stake out at Thompsons Point. Slowed the thieves down for a while. One point though. f---ing with some random blokes from east Nowra could easily land a little climber in a world of hurt.


nmonteith

24-Dec-2009
11:48:35 AM

If you were driving a stolen car I don't think you would go to a place that has a road block, guards that
record your (stolen) numberplates. That would be utter stupidity.


cruze

24-Dec-2009
2:19:57 PM

Before the guards/boom gate thefts were more common. A friend had his car cleaned out while ours remained untouched. Since then apparently thefts were less common, although I have heard the same story about stolen cars/number plates being used. I guess they have worked out that climbing and camping gear is worth a bit?


Phil Box

25-Dec-2009
7:51:23 AM

On 23/12/2009 widewetandslippery wrote:
>Phils suggestion is a little over the top but has some merit. I know of
>a successful stake out at Thompsons Point. Slowed the thieves down for
>a while. One point though. f---ing with some random blokes from east Nowra
>could easily land a little climber in a world of hurt.

That's why you don't leave the hexes in the car but you have them with you.

In all seriousness simply the fact that they have been busted puts you in the position of power. They will crap themselves and want to leave ASAP. Take lots of pics and notes for the cops. If they menace you then you in all likelyhood will be able to run faster than them. ;))


wallwombat

29-Dec-2009
10:16:55 PM

I had a pack with an entire rack, a rope, a couple of pairs of shoes and a couple of harnesses in it, pinched from near the top off the ladders at Narrowneck in 1993. Another bag containing our wallets, car keys and lunch was left there.

It was a particularly cold, windy winters day and we had left the packs there, so we could check out what the conditions were like at the base of the cliff.

The only other vehicle in the car park was a big red fire truck, which was gone when we found the pack misssing and sprinted back up to the car. We had been gone from the packs for about 15 minutes.

So, I don't think you should ever presume it's just junkies and teenagers that pinch things.


pmonks

30-Dec-2009
4:16:13 AM

On 29/12/2009 wallwombat wrote:
>The only other vehicle in the car park was a big red fire truck

It wasn't an SES truck, was it?


wallwombat

30-Dec-2009
8:22:22 AM

On 30/12/2009 pmonks wrote:
>It wasn't an SES truck, was it?

No, it was the real thing.

Richard Delaney

30-Dec-2009
11:15:47 AM

On 30/12/2009 wallwombat wrote:
>On 30/12/2009 pmonks wrote:
>>It wasn't an SES truck, was it?
>
>No, it was the real thing.

carefull...


wallwombat

30-Dec-2009
12:20:14 PM

On 30/12/2009 Richard Delaney wrote:

>carefull...

If you can find somewhere where I ACTUALLY accused them of stealing my stuff, then I'll be careful.

And if I remember rightly, a few months later, a couple of the public servants in question where accused of ripping someone else off, after attending a fire. One of them may have even been actually sacked or forced to resign over that one.

And bugger that anyway, I drove stright to the fire station and accused them cold of stealing my gear. They said the saw a couple of "youths" in a gold Laser. I asked them why the "youths" didn't pinch our wallets as well. They didn't have an answer to that one.

Richard Delaney

30-Dec-2009
8:21:43 PM

Sorry - took your post the wrong way.
A bunch of us, after deciding to disband Blue Mountains Climbers Rescue, joined Blue Mountains SES and are working really hard on improving their capability especicially with regard to land search and rope rescue. The goal is to become accredited as a support/secondary agency up here so that climbers stuck under roofs or in bad weather have another option (other than helo - which won't work in either of those scenarios).

I took it as a dig at the SES (ie that the SES isn't the real thing) and am more than happy to retract my comment!
Richard


wallwombat

30-Dec-2009
8:46:51 PM

That's OK Richard. It seems I took your post the wrong way too.

I have nothing but respect for the SES.

When I said "no, the real thing" , I was simply trying to say, members of the Katoomba Fire Brigade without saying members of the Katoomba Fire Brigade.

If you know what I mean?

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