Author: Curator
Forrest Belay Plate
The 1983 Forrest Mountaineering catalog boasted that “you’ll never wear it out”! This simple, strong, and light weight belay plate was sold for $10.45 and worked with ropes up to 11mm in size.
Chouinard Crack N’ Up
Chouinard Crack N Ups were early seam hooks designed to be hand placed into micro cracks. They came in sizes #1 through #6 but the number one size was extremely thin and produced in...
Thomas Black & Sons Catalog 1959
Only the climbing related sections of the 1959 Thomas Black & Sons equipment catalog showing the selection of equipment available to British climbers at the time. The whole catalog is eighty-four pages long covering camping, skiing,...
Forrest Mountaineering Catalog 1983
A personal Forrest story: In 1993 I worked for a small outdoor gear shop in Colorado Springs that also had an outlet in Denver. One day while rummaging around in the warehouse I discovered a treasure....
Peck Pitons
Peck channel pitons were made in the mid to late 1960’s by Peck Climbing Company. Trevor Peck made a few different types of equipment but was better known for his “Cracker” chocks than his...