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Scrubber
climber
Straight outta Squampton
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The original ATC. Single strand flavour.
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Chouinard Micro Belay Plate. Circa 1987-1989.
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Might have a couple kickin' around...ha ha...
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Somebody has been raiding the seconds bin...
Care to part with a couple of those?
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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...or the North Face store in SLC closed its doors...
Sorry...don't have any seconds...(ha ha...just kiddin'...sure).
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jan 10, 2018 - 09:44am PT
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Is there any noticeable variation in either configuration over the three year span that you mention?
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Jan 11, 2018 - 01:12pm PT
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Not that I've ever seen, but, I'm not sure. I don't have micro belay plates from each year. From the catalog photo's, they don't look different.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Jan 12, 2018 - 07:40am PT
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In the picture below, the earlier SMC, square'd off version, on top of the copy A "Blk D" Chouinard, square 8? The 'square 8 has a tapper'd edge on the top (big) side. left to right Cmi, Chouinard sq8,Blue Chouinard,(very small hole thick stock) SMC's Squre 8, DMM Green thing
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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 8, 2018 - 10:35am PT
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But seriously folks, yes it happened! The Chouinard Equipment portion of the Karabin Climbing Museum now resides at Patagonia Corporate in Ventura CA! “””Big CHEER””” I am totally psyched that my museum has a great home!!! Patagonia Archives Terri Laine and Val Franco made the magic happen. Master craftsman Alex Laine designed and built a totally sweet display case, which soon glass doors are being added to protect the display. Last weekend the puzzle pieces went together like it was meant to be! Once again big THANKS to the many donations by the many climbers that believe in the Karabin Climbing Museums’ mission to preserve climbing history. Props to God on this project! This is a big step for the museum for sure! Its not that fact that I am with Patagonia, it that Patagonia is with me. The next thing to see with this display is, if Yvon will now consider me “an above average” person (…chuckle!). Terri, Alex, Val…..lots of Love, great weekend!!!
Showing all of the updated display board photos on the first post of this thread. Chouinard Equipment Display edited up to 7/1/2018.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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WoWoot indeed !
all that shwag, gone to were it will live on!
And Marty . . .
LUV ya mhan! (but you have had a very negative effect on my climbing, I'm now given to watching E-Bay for things I ca not have()=;
I wish you could remember the winter when you & I met. It was a wet late December afternoon, my wife says in Flagstaff, I say in Tuscon? I think you signed my copy of your just out Queen Creek guide.... so when was that '91-93?
Thanx!
'91
yeah! there you go, I loved that guide, it was given very short shift in the rags, & I and others never were subscribers to those again, a loss all the way around.
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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 8, 2018 - 11:01am PT
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Gnome - I remember that day well....well actually...
the yellowish Queen Creek book came out November 1991
the bigger Queen Creek "Bible" came out fall 1996
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ron gomez
Trad climber
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Super Cool! That display in its right and proper home. Next time by, will be sweet to stop in and see it.
Peace
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Big congrats Marty & many thanks to all involved with your project.
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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I have a vintage leather and plastic Chouinard hammer holster in very good, almost new condition. C. 1975.
Send me a mailing address at tom adze tomkasper dawt calm.
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Callum Steedman
Trad climber
Denver
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Jul 23, 2018 - 09:25am PT
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Hi, all! I was in the Holy Cross Wilderness at Lake Constantine over the weekend, and while out scrambling/soloing, I came across this beautiful piece of climbing history. I have determined that it comes from 1971 or later after looking through the photos of the Chouinard Equipment display, but I would love to track down the actual history of this piece if at all possible. I know it's a thick, long bugaboo with two holes, the C diamond, and the USA stamp below the C.
I was also recently gifted a few old cams from a friend (all my big wall gear was stolen last year). My guess on those is they were made around 1990 or so for the ones with the one-piece plastic stems, and totally unknown for the later models on the left in the photo.
I'm a climbing history nerd and would be psyched to have all the available info on these amazing relics. Thanks in advance! Happy sending!
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SuperTopo on the Web
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Marlow donated a Chouinard 1971 carabiner which has a faint "T" stamp on it just to the right of the 2200kp. 
Let us know!