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nutstory
climber
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
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Feb 22, 2017 - 09:48am PT
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 22, 2017 - 08:28pm PT
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Such a dainty piece of gear. No belaying off of that goodie.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 25, 2017 - 10:05am PT
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A gal named Charlie has posed the question of why the Sticht plate was relatively slow to gain popularity in the US in the early 1970s. What do you folks think?
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Jun 25, 2017 - 04:49pm PT
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As Mark said, we didn't trust any belay device and basically didn't get the need.
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Old one
Trad climber
Columbus, OH
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Jan 24, 2018 - 12:09pm PT
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I started climbing in 1975, and I recall sticht plates coming into use in the last half of the ‘70s.
An earlier version, and my first belay device, was a sticht link. Basically an aluminum chain link. It was prone to sliding too far up the rope and to locking up unintentionally, but it stopped falls pretty effectively. My partner weighed 230 to my 120. I appreciated the help.
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