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WanderlustMD
Trad climber
New England
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Topic Author's Original Post - May 28, 2009 - 07:42pm PT
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I'm doing some research. Was HB the first stopper? Aside from the concept(just a wedge), who/what company is credited with creating the wired stopper as protection?
Cheers!
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WanderlustMD
Trad climber
New England
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Topic Author's Reply - May 28, 2009 - 11:49pm PT
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Very helpful, thanks.
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Choss Gee
Trad climber
Wyoming/Utah
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May 28, 2009 - 11:58pm PT
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I heard these buggers were a beast to place and rack.
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That Darn French Guy
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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May 29, 2009 - 02:26am PT
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Yes, that web page is very cool to read up on gear history, written by an old french climber... and if you want to know why stoppers are called nuts:
http://www.needlesports.com/nutsmuseum/nutsstory.htm
"Dave Gregory and Jack Soper used to pick up machined nuts beside the Snowdon Railway Line, a line that links up Llanberis to Snowdon, Wales' highest peak."
"In 1961, a blacksmith from Sheffield, John Brailsford, then a teacher of engineering technology, created the ever first purpose designed nut, the Acorn."
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nutstory
climber
Ajaccio, Corsica, France.
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May 30, 2009 - 03:33am PT
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Hey That Darn French Guy, I’m French, it's true, but I'm not that old… Just a little bit older than the Acorns…
Stephane / Nuts Museum
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