I have a situation, my foreman is currently training me to become a climber. So he had me side trim a avocado tree and a African tulip away from the power lines. It was a cloudy day, I did the African tulip first and when I started to get up the avocado tree to set my TIP, rain started pouring down. I finished what needed to be done and loaded my gear back into my storage bag. Went home and forgot to take my equipment out to hang dry. It was the following day that I removed my gear out of my bag, still soaked and smells bad!!! It's all brand new and first time being in the rain. I have the new Petzl sequoia harness, 120' of NE Hi Vee 1/2" rope, hitch climber pulley(Rapide), titanium Buckingham Spurs w/Velcro pads, and a homemade lanyard using blue streak. So my question is, after working in the rain(being that your gear is already soaked) do you guys hose them down to rinse out the rain water, then hang dry it?(also occasionally doing it to rinse out our work sweat) or would this also damage my gear and best to just hang dry it in any situation? Will the rain/sweat cause rusting to screws and other metal parts in my gear quicker? And how do you guys care for the HC pulley after having it soaked and bits of debris in it?
