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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Nov 26, 2010 - 12:25pm PT
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Thanks for the post Jeff!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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A classic Peck Cracker ad from Summit May 1971.
Very well made and ubiquitous nuggets! Show us your Pecks!!!
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HighTraverse
Social climber
Bay Area
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We called 'em Peckers.
Seemed appropriate since they never seemed to stay in long enough. Always slipped out when you leaned back to look up the route.
I've got 2 or 3 I picked up used in about '75. Don't know if I've used 'em since about '78.
And no, I'm not posting a pic of my peckers.
I still take two or three larger hexes on alpine routes. Very handy on broken ground, behind flakes, between boulders. Places cams don't work so well or take longer to set. Lighter than a cam of similar size, takes up less space in the pack.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Dec 18, 2010 - 02:53pm PT
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For your holiday pleasure, diminutive nuts or the tiniest of Peckers! LOL
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Dec 19, 2010 - 07:01pm PT
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Knurly little bumps!
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Dec 19, 2010 - 07:06pm PT
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I still carry the two smallest ones.
The work where nothing else will.
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dogtown
Trad climber
JackAssVille, Wyoming
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Dec 19, 2010 - 08:04pm PT
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Ok, here it is the best nuts or (stoppers) are made by Tom Frost. Period …
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Dec 19, 2010 - 08:13pm PT
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Little known secret---If you buy a set of Sentinel Nuts, Tom swages them up out in the garage himself! How cool is that?!?
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dogtown
Trad climber
JackAssVille, Wyoming
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Dec 19, 2010 - 08:44pm PT
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It’s true. Thanks Steve! Old school hand crafted gear.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Dec 20, 2010 - 12:15am PT
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From the hands of the Master...
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duncan
climber
London, UK
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Dec 21, 2010 - 04:40am PT
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...by way of a nudge.
LongAgoTom...I missed your post first time around, fascinating, thanks for this. As you suggest, there can't have been many active American climbers visiting the UK in the 60s. We forget how different climbing cultures evolved, like Galapagos finches, in the relative isolation of those times.
If you've not seen it already, I think you'll enjoy the film I've linked to here.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Tom sent me some loose Sentinel Nuts to play around with so I thought that I would post a couple of shots of his elegant design work.
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Johnny K.
Mountain climber
Southern,California
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Jan 23, 2011 - 12:00pm PT
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This thread is one of the most interesting.Get back up to the top =D
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Can't decide between flat and curved Stoppers?!?
Now you don't have to...
With the Salewa Bi-Caps! The #9 is shown here...
The tapped holes are struck with a punch to fix the wire and limit the range of the swivel action.
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nutstory
climber
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
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Please Steve, may I correct a little mistake.
The Bi-Caps were not marketed by Salewa but by Bergsport International. They were created by Stefan Engers. (Patent DE 35 26 402, 5 February 1987).
This company also marketed the other Stefan Engers’ creation, the Joker (Patent DE 35 17 741, 5 March 1987).
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Mar 11, 2011 - 11:09am PT
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How long were these two designs on the market?
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nutstory
climber
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
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Mar 11, 2011 - 11:30am PT
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Steve, it is not that easy to answer your question. I would say, in Europe, four or five years, maybe a little less. I am sorry not to be more accurate this time.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Mar 11, 2011 - 11:31am PT
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What does the Joker look like?
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nutstory
climber
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
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Mar 11, 2011 - 11:40am PT
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Here they are... But, of course Steve, you know them!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Mar 11, 2011 - 12:04pm PT
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I've known a lot of Jokers along the way but none that I would trust to catch a fall! LOL
Interesting design! I actually haven't seen those before. I wonder who imported them in North America, if anyone did?
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