Over the years; I have accumulated a lot of old worn out caving gear. Packs, with holes, flashlights that don't work and seem impossible to fix, worn out knee pads, old scratched up mud stained helmets, cable ladders, tripods for digging, miscellaneous sledge hammers and shovels, musty camping gear (tents, tarps, stoves, tarps, sleeping bags, packs of the non caving type) retired caving ropes, ascenders, worn out boots and boots that I acquired for a special trip and have not worn since, etc. When needed I have replaced gear to keep my kit in good condition for every trip. And I just realized that I am a pack rat. Unless the item was completely worn out I have kept it. So I have a closet ( and part of my storage room) filled with old gear that I never use or look at......some of it smells funky. The smell apparently comes from the years I caved in southern Illinois and Indiana. But also from the numerous Texas and Oklahoma caves that I have frequented. I know Pete Lindsley still uses the caving gear he acquired in the 1800's, when he started caving as a teenager after the civil war. But I am sure there are others like me, who are not quite so old......and I was wondering what you do with your old gear?
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