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Avoid trailhead theft with a “Climber’s Wallet”
Sadly, trailhead break-ins do happen from time to time. As you make plans to travel to remote areas this summer, use some common sense when it comes to protecting your keys and cash. While leaving your wallet stashed in your car is not very smart, neither is lugging your entire keychain and wallet to high camp. Here’s a tip - minimize what you take on the climbing trip before you ever leave home.
Leave town with just a driver’s license, a credit card and maybe $40 in a ziplock bag. Either carry your “wallet” to high camp, or stash it carefully in the woods near the trailhead. For keys, put just a house key and a car key on an additional key ring, so you can remove them easily for a climbing trip. Leave the other keys at home with the rest of your wallet. (Tip: the amount of broken window glass on the ground at a trailhead is a good indication of the safety of parking there.)
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