Chouinard Tube Chocks – signed

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  1. Timothy Beaman says:

    Hi, I really enjoyed seeing these tube chocks. I tossed out my own homemade tube chocks years ago as they never seemed to work well and inspire much confidence. The tube chock stamped “RP” may have belonged originally to German-born/Australian immigrant Roland Pauligk. I climbed extensively with Roland in Australia from 1975-1978. Roland made most of his own climbing hardware, including the legendary brass RP micronuts. He always stamped his gear with his initials to discourage pilfering and advertise his products. He also made overseas trips to climbing meccas such as Yosemite during the period in climbing history when ambitious and poor climbers were foolishly fashioning tube chocks out of aluminum pipe and other material. So simple to make, so difficult to use!
    Sincerely,
    Tim Beaman

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