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Majid_S
Mountain climber
Bay Area
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Topic Author's Original Post - May 31, 2007 - 03:59pm PT
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Cell phone, cash, 5.11D girl going to Yos, tires, land 4 sale sign, books, teddy bears, set of BD cams .......
What is the best thing you ever found on the highway?
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Watusi
Social climber
Joshua Tree, CA
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May 31, 2007 - 04:09pm PT
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My brother and I were walking in Newport, OR. When we came across a wallet...Looking inside I found $900+!!! I asked my bro if we should try and return it...He said to look for some form of ID, which we found, but also in the process discovered a little black book! In this there were connections, weights for delivery and such. I said to my bro that this was a speed dealer and hell if I was going to give the money back!! So we kept the dough and dropped the wallet of in the nearest mailbox for the post to discover and turn over to the right authorities...
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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May 31, 2007 - 04:11pm PT
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Was cruising down a dirt road in baja and came across a knapsack laying in the middle of the road. Looked inside and found hundreds of U.S. dollars, passports belonging to two germans, their plane tickets and other important docs. We managed to find them about two days later in some dusty little town. Turns out they had a flat tire and pulled the pack out when they were getting out the jack and spare!
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rockermike
Mountain climber
Berkeley
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May 31, 2007 - 04:41pm PT
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climbers guide to Tuolumne Meadows; $200 cash in a wad; great futon frame and mattress (in Berkeley, ditched by students)...
I'm still waiting for that hitchhiking 11d girl going to Yosem. Might even settle for 10a if she has a rack (no - I didn't mean it that way)
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Knob Central
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May 31, 2007 - 05:18pm PT
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My wife, a surfboard, various tools, hats.
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Wade Icey
Big Wall climber
Indian Caves, CA
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May 31, 2007 - 05:28pm PT
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at the end of this one road, I found a big ditch full of big granite cliffs, meadows, rivers waterfalls, many friends... and my wife.
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Anastasia
Trad climber
California
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May 31, 2007 - 05:36pm PT
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My dog Lass and I found each other on the road. She then followed me home, followed me into my adulthood and now she's cruising around in my heart.
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Watusi
Social climber
Joshua Tree, CA
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May 31, 2007 - 05:42pm PT
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God Bless that one Ana...
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Wrathchild
Big Wall climber
Satan's testicles
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May 31, 2007 - 06:59pm PT
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at the end of this one road, I found a big ditch full of big granite cliffs, meadows, rivers waterfalls, many friends... and my wife.
Ditto that.
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Phil_B
Social climber
Hercules, CA
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May 31, 2007 - 07:10pm PT
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Anastasia,
That's how I found Mafic T. Wonderdog. I was out on a training bike ride and this puppy ran out in front of me barking. No houses around, no other animals, nothing. I put her in my shirt and rode home.
Had that dog with me for 13 years. Lasted through several long term relationships and a marriage.
She was a great companion on mtn. bike rides until she got old.
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Anastasia
Trad climber
California
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May 31, 2007 - 07:26pm PT
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Phil B...
That was similar to Lass. She followed me home from elementary school when I was ten. My family posted her picture around but no one to my great happiness claimed her. She was the best dog we ever had. She kept me alive and sane during the rough times of growing up. She even came along with me to college. Lass passed away at a very old age when I was twenty-four.
Yet I know that if it is possible for a spirit to hang out after they have passed, Lass is still following me just out of sight.
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bler
Boulder climber
Alamo, CA
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May 31, 2007 - 08:02pm PT
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I found a dead deer in the road the other day.. made for a good dinner...
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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May 31, 2007 - 10:02pm PT
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Freedom, friendships, and a chance to explore something new!
Ken
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DonC
climber
CA
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May 31, 2007 - 11:19pm PT
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Stop to take a leak out in the desert and saw what I thought was a kleenex flower in the nearby sage. Walked over to pick-up the trash and it was a wadded up $100 bill.
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Jay Wood
Trad climber
Fairfax, CA
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The state of Maine.
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Anastasia
Trad climber
California
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Do roadside cliffs count?
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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RE:
Walked over to pick-up the trash and it was a wadded up $100 bill.
that happened to me on the beach in San Diego once!
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nita
climber
chico ca
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Fifty dollars, a fishing tackle box-filled with lots of expensive gear, a -5 gallon-Caltrans water jug, and a baby doll.
The best thing I ever lost on the road: A brand new... North Face- Chamois sleeping bag. I was in the middle of a- six week bike tour.....BIG BUMMER!
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LuckyPink
climber
the last bivy
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best thing I ever found on the road was the road itself.
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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Open, clear, no traffic on California Highway One, between Cambria and Carmel (Big Sur!), post-midnight/late-night, during a full moon. The reflection off the ocean was so bright, I turned my headlights off for about an hour's worth of low-RPM cruising, au natural.
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nita
climber
chico ca
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Tom, If your talking about tonight, it is a -blue moon...
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Majid_S
Mountain climber
Bay Area
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 1, 2007 - 02:45am PT
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These are great stories, I wonder how many $100 bill is out there flying around
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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Tom, If your talking about tonight, it is a -blue moon...
I WISH I WAS OUT THERE, RIGHT NOW!
Gas is too expensive, and I don't have the little open top Porsche anymore. The Rolls Rover eats gas so fast, I have to keep it parked.
But, I can still see that great Luna from my window. And remember.
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turd
climber
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The long straightaway under a full moon in Monument Valley,
the 20 mile stretch of perfect motorcycle turns in the Salt River canyon,
spruce trees and sky as far as the eye could see on the Alaska highway,
and that young lady in cutoff jeans, hitchhiking to Denver with her husky puppy.
Not necessarily in that order.
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d-know
Trad climber
electric lady land
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best thing i ever found on the road
was a path leading me to where i
wasn't.
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
New York, NY
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Partial List
Money found:
 $125 on 6th Avenue once, probably from someone headed over to the weekend antiques market that was a NY landmark(and now the space holds 20-story "luxury" renatls, starting at$2400 for a studio)
$5 on the floor at a bar(Made note to self: Always check the floor by the bar, since drunks often are sloppy and a person could probably find some good stuff...Get it before the barkeep at closing! Even if "rightly," that booty should be theirs..... A week later, I got sober. Damn! My goldmine lost for(hopefully)ever...hahaha
Several $1 bills found one at a time
Metro Cards found(This is the subway fare card)
$80 available
30-day unlimited with 2 weeks left
$10 available
$6 available
7 day unlimited with 3 days left
Furniture found
1920's Art Deco Armoire
5 x 10 oriental rug, not a crappy one, though not a "real" one either. But very pretty, complements my decor and in good shape.
Oak rolltop antique desk
Walnut(?) antique desk
Cherry wood small bookcase, circa 1930's
Dentist's cabinet(wood with glass panels and shelf, and a procelain top)
Doctor's privacy screen, refinished it and added new fbric, now it's a room divider when I have guests
Experiences of Serendipity
A friend asked me to join him on a 5-day trip to Hawaii
Food found:
Rasberry bushes in Minnewaska park
There's more, of course.....
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My Name Is Drew
Big Wall climber
Dogtown, LosAngeles, CA.
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I found my English fiance on the "information super highway".
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Tom M
climber
somewhere out there
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Best thing I ever found on the road? My first wife. Wait- do street corners count?
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robman
climber
Wasangeles
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On my way home from work and found a brand new cordless Millwalke drill, chhh ching...
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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I found, in no particular order:
a long ride from Reno to Des Moines all in the backs of pick up trucks
out of Afton Utah? (west of Jackson) I got a ride with a viet nam Vet truck driver who talked all night long about two years he had to get out of his soul
Kevin Fosburg- i had just hitchhiked from the Wind Rivers and i got dropped off at Tuolumne. As I get out of the car I look up and there is this seedy character who i had met three weeks before at Devils Tower. what are the odds?
the smell of sage
a guy in Tonopah once gave me a ride to Lee Vining because he had the afternoon off- it was like 150 miles out of his way
no $100 dollar bills though
murf
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
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Hmmmm…….best thing ever found on the road? How about a life.
1969-first road trip to Yosemite: Met life long friend Dave Hampton in Camp 4. Some of you may remember him as “Bones” who had the unpleasant distinction of taking a 100’ +/- ripper on an early ascent of the Nose which was arrested on a hip belay provided by none other than Barry Bates.
1974 road trip to So Cal from Eugene Oregon: I run back into Dave Hampton at Tahquitz Rock who introduces me to the late Jon Bowlin. Again some may remember Jon as a climbing partner of Dean Caldwell in Peru who later distinguished himself as a BASE jumper which ultimately led to his demise. Given all the sunshine, girls and beautiful granite up at Tahquitz I move to San Diego which was really an overreaction to the weather and academia in Eugene.
1978 road trip to Yosemite on Memorial Day weekend: That’s right 29 years ago I’m driving up from Pacific Beach with my ex-wife and decide to visit Jon Bowlin instead of fighting the crowds in the Valley. Jon had moved near Lovers Leap and introduced me to the rock and area along the Highway 50 corridor. I moved there later that summer and have lived here ever since.
1992 divorce and miscellaneous road trips: I met the love of my live Nancy climbing and later marry back in Yosemite Valley.
Get on that road and follow your heart.
Berg Heil,
Charlie D.
Western Slope, Sierra Nevada Mountains
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James
climber
A tent in the redwoods
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Late one evening, Lucho and I were driving to Toulumne Meadows. A few hours earlier, a truck had hit a fawn and the tiny deer's body lay outstretched on the side of the road near the meadow. Lucho drove a little passed it and then parked. We stepped out of the car and he walked to the carcass. Bits of blood soaked into his shirt as he picked the fawn off the ground. Lucho carried it into the woods and lay it down, running his hands over the soft hair of the fawn's nose. We walked back to the truck. The moon was brighter that night.
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Jun 24, 2007 - 04:17pm PT
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Total score- going home last night I found a detroyed but salvageable Thule Box. It looks like a tree landed on it. I am in the process of glassing it back into shape.
murf
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Jun 24, 2007 - 04:27pm PT
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"I wonder how many $100 bill is out there flying around"
How 'bout floating?
My bf's best friend from high school got married on an obscure Carribean island last year. Our cabin was in a mostly locals-only bay. In the middle of this bay was an island that had bar-b-q, drinks, and a music but no power, running water, etc. You had to either swim or boat there. We decided to swim.
J rented some snorkel stuff for the adventure, and the snorkel guy, a rummy seeming Australian warned us sternly that the rum punch was no joke there, and that if we were going to have any of it, we really should make sure we had extra cash for the boat ride home.
The music was great and punch...well, strong. Not to be deterred by a little booze (we were just a little tipsy), we decided to swim back at dusk.
I was nearly back to the cabin when I realized that J was no where in sight. I swam back to the island again...no sign. The last taxi boat came around to see if I was OK, and I asked if he saw J. The taxi driver found him snorkeling around the island.
When I asked him what the heck he was doing, he told me that he forgot to zip the pocket that held the ziplock baggy w/ his cash...a $100 bill. Doh! We were warned not to drink the punch and try to make the swim.
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Ouch!
climber
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Jun 24, 2007 - 05:22pm PT
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Best thing I ever found on the road was pavement.
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Wild Bill
climber
Ca
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Jun 26, 2007 - 12:18pm PT
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Khanom, the value of your "magical cop-repelling baseball cap" should not be underestimated. Logo?
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grover
Social climber
Akanada
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Jun 26, 2007 - 12:52pm PT
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One winter while headin to Cochise found a box loaded with Canada geese decoys. This was in Idaho, so i crammed them into the already full car. Once in Arizona I started handing them out fer x-mas gifts. These suckers made great hood ornaments. Later I priced them out at 100 a pop, should have pawned them.
Just outside Palm Desert we passed a whack of full boxes on the highway.
Heart racing I pulled a u-turn, parked and dove into one. Thinking I've hit paydirt, I quickly realize the boxes are loaded with furnace filters. At least 200 of em.
Bummer....
Would have taken them all, but the truck was already packed with bootied boogie-boards from the wavepool. For a brief second I pondered dumping the boards for the filters.
Mark
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Beatrix Kiddo
Mountain climber
Denver
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Jun 26, 2007 - 06:14pm PT
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Best thing I found on the road was a man. :-) Bow chica bow bow!
My driver's ed instructor made me run over a porcupine during one of my classes. That was not the best thing that I ever found on the road.
Oh, I found a wallet once that I later returned to its owner. I wanted that cash so bad. I was homeless and on a road trip from Main to Florida. I got into an accident in Georgia and never made it to FL. The cop didn’t let me take the highway sign home that I plowed down. I guess that wasn't the best thing either
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the Fet
Knackered climber
A bivy sack in the secret campground
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Jun 26, 2007 - 06:14pm PT
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A surfboard. A dog.
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Captain...or Skully
Trad climber
North of the Owyhees
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Varied items, mostly trucker stuff, which I subsequently sold.
Can you say...."net profit"?
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couchmaster
climber
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Bob and I were heading down I5 to Yos at like 2 am when he had to swerve to miss some sh#t right in the middle of the road. We pulled over to do the good Samaritan thing so the next car wouldn't hit it and wreck. They were 2 super deluxe lawn chairs that must have fallen off somebody's Winnebago. We chucked them in the VW minivan and had one of the cushiest trips to the valley ever.
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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CalTrans crop circles:
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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So many $100 bills floating out there. . .
I'll add mine--jogging one Thanksgiving morning in N Denver,
and up blows this gorgeous $100 bill into my cold little hands.
Oh, that was a dinner that I treated my friends to!!!!
(not Thanksgiving, but Mexican a few days later)!!!!
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