I guess it had to happen eventually. What is the world coming to when you can’t even walk the hills without having your gear stolen. I came across a recent incident when a spanish man had his crampons, boots and ice axe stolen whilst trekking from the ski centre and Elorietta to the Cerro de Caballo. Let Carlos Ruiz take up the story………………..
Today, Wednesday July 28, 2010, I have had stolen an ice axe, crampons and boots in the Pico del Cartujo area at about 12 h. The thieves, because they can not be called anything else, are two men. You may wonder how this all came about. This is the story
I climbed from the ski area to the refugio Elorrieta by the icy slopes below the Tajos de la Virgin (hence the need for ice axe and crampons). Just before reaching the hut I detoured to the Cartujo with the idea of making the entire snow-free ridge to the Cerro de Caballo. To relieve weight and feel more comfortable I decided to leave my gear hidden behind some rocks to collect later on my return. On the way back everything was gone. I know that they were two men because they are the only two people that I saw from looking back along the ridge in all the time I walked to the Caballo. I had a torrid and somewhat risky time getting back without the equipment and it necessitated a large detour. I have no hope that the gear will be returned to me unless you thieves are out there reading this and feel a tinge of remorse.
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