ScottP Posted August 19, 2007 Posted August 19, 2007 From eBay: Some 'interesting' prose to describe the items in the pictures: "Besides the three slings, this lot contains 11 great, vintage and in at least two cases RARE items! Everything is in great condition, ready to use or display. Several are unused! Rare and unused is, I'm told, a Chouinard "Crack'N Up". It is the item that looks like an anchor, about 3.25 inches long. Crack'N Ups slot into thin cracks and then weight on the offset shank then cams them into place. So, 3000 feet up, no finger holds? Just reach up and place the tiny tip of a wing in an incipient crack and step into the attached strap! If you have the nerve! Rare also, in unused, minty condition, is the Chouinard RURP (Realized Ultimate Reality Piton). These are super in incipient cracks or as a key chain decoration. I once zippered 9 of them on a climb at Seneca Rocks. The tenth stopped me! Scarce if not rare is the LEEPER 8 inch long extraction tool for retrieving deep nut that have "walked' into the crack past your reach. Not common is the single SMC bolt hanger. It is unused and minty. I did use the Salewa (Sticht) 9mm belay plate for a haul, but he CMI figure 8 belay device is new, unused with only tiny initials in it. The four chocks are interesting. One is a SMC "camlock" #3, maybe used once. The second with a Bonaiti carabineer attached to the sling is a #6 "T". The third on the wire sling is CMI #4 cam locking. And the fourth, orange in color, is a "T4". I am told these T's are from Forrest Mountaineering and are called "Titons". Great and scarce vintage stuff, but look closely at the sharp pictures and decide the value for yourself." Quote
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