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yosguns
climber
Durham, NC
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Fun stuff. I really like remembering that it was only early 70s that friends still weren't around. Not long ago at all when I consider all the amazing things in this world that have been accomplished since then. Naive? OK...maybe a little.
From hoipolloi in a hexy thread:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=768633&msg=771607
I was at the REI in Berkeley a couple years ago trying to pick up a nut tool last minute for a climbing trip (they disappear from us like crazy)...and wouldn't you know, the only one left was this leeper specimen? While apparently still manufactured...design didn't really catch on in my circles. Probably because they don't work as well as bottle openers (and as hoipolloi pointed out, weigh quite a bit). They are also awkward for general trad use. Meant more for the hammer? I don't really know.
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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I believe this is the T-Bar (or T-Pin) that Tom is describing.
They do look pretty insecure!
Cropped description:
"LONGWARE T-PIN PITON. Aluminum alloy piton of T-shaped
stock. Application is to wide cracks. Piton hammered in across
crack as shown above. Avg. wt. 2 1/2 oz. Lengths as below."
The photo is from Les Wilson's page with the 1966-67 Ski Hut catalog.
http://www.les-wilson.com/WSCrackJacks/history.html
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Steve, I used one of those big Forrest T's as a deadman anchor for a belay on a steep alpine snow slope, it was as good as anything else I could have gotten in there. It was either that or a snow bollard.
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JBC
Trad climber
Tacoma, WA
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Nice belay Teeton on the bottom!
Steve,
Yep, Forrest called it a Triton - you could use it as a nut, a belay device, or a rapel device. The green 'piece' in the middle was a webbing pro piece. a 'more advanced' take on the knots slotted as chocks. You could unwind it to change size to fit a given crack.
My original rack had had a some Forrest Titons, but I have never used any of these items, although I remember seeing the P-nuts and Triton in shops.
Jim
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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I thought this piece of equipment had a chance. But for some reason Organic and Compost-able gear had little appeal. Guess I'll go hug a tree,
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rwedgee
Ice climber
canyon country,CA
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Camp Monos
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insainio
Trad climber
Durango, CO
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The oddest thing I have seen so far is the thing in the top left corner of rwedgee's last picture. What the hell is that???
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groundup
Trad climber
hard sayin' not knowin'
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The first thing that the Bird made has only two crimps on the cable sleeve, you need three to be full strength
But thats what makes it A4!
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yosguns
climber
Durham, NC
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rwedgee, is that a new type of climbing booty in the upper lefthand corner of that fourth/last photo? Looks real sticky!
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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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JMAP - Nice Edelrid Bivo Cams!
Brian - I love that Titon bolt hanger, but I would hate to hit it during a fall.
Clint - You are my hero! I have that LONGware T-Pin Piton.....somewhere....
I could never find any info on it, except for its similarity to the two T-Pin Pitons used on the FA of the Nose. Photo below is from the book "Vertical World of Yosemite" by Galen Rowell page 45. The aluminum T-Pin Pitons in the photo have a flat end at the carabiner hole where the advertised T-Pin Pitons have an angle end. Maybe this was a modification between 1958(Nose FA) and 1966(ad date), or the T-Pin Pitons Harding used were not LONGware and were sawed off shelf brackets made by Harding himself.
The T-Pin Piton I have is one inch wide and six inches long with angle end at carabiner hole. It is so light you can hardly feel its weight in your hand. I can't believe LONGware sold these. They are kinda scary. More like a chock than a piton.
Rock on! Marty
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Acer
Big Wall climber
AZ
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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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Kinda heavy but works really good.
Mastadon 000
Rock on! Marty
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JBC
Trad climber
Tacoma, WA
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Ok, not actual pro - but pro related. anyone want to guess what it is used for? Bonus points if you know what it was called.
Jim
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JBC
Trad climber
Tacoma, WA
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Did someone say Crack-n-ups?
Jim
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Disaster Master
Social climber
Born in So-Cal, left my soul in far Nor-Cal.
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Cam trigger retractor / nut tool?
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Lee Bow
Trad climber
wet island
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It was a tool for removing friends that had "walked" into a crack
Called a Friend of a Friend
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Yup, the great Ed Leeper made them.
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JBC
Trad climber
Tacoma, WA
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Very good Disaster & Lee!
Jim
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