I usually put a post on here, but the only time I ever successfully traced an owner and returned something it helpfully had the owners address stuck to it.
I am so gratified to find that UKC posters are such honest folk when it comes to abandoned gear and the lengths you will go to find the rightful owner. I was very impressed by the notice in the pig breeder's magazine, which shows you leave no stone unturned.
I think it depends on how you came across it. In my opinion anything that is in the rock because it's 'stuck' (being a lose term if you can get it out of course ) or if someone's retreated and not gone back for it is fine and the price makes a difference. There was a story not so long ago about a guy who had an accident in the cairgorms and left an ice axe on a route and the next people got it back to him
Fri Night Vid Finding Focus - Life Behind The Lens of a Climbing Photographer
This week's Friday Night Video is a portrait of a prolific climbing photographer from Wedge Climbing. Sam Pratt is well known in both the outdoor and competition scene but if you haven't heard of him, you've likely seen...