Found a broken tent pole on the Wonderland Trail last August

I was hiking the Wonderland Trail around Mount Rainier last summer and came across a busted aluminum tent pole just sitting on a rock near the Indian Bar shelter. Somebody must have snapped it the night before in that wind storm we had. I picked it up thinking maybe I could use it as a splint or something, but it was too bent. Has anyone else found random gear on the trail and actually put it to use?

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sandrat241mo ago

Nah, I leave that stuff where it lies. Picking up broken gear just adds weight to your pack and clutter to your life. If it's truly wrecked, it's someone else's problem now - the mountain will claim it soon enough.

oliver229d ago

Fifty years from now, none of this junk will matter anyway.