Documenting the evolving tools of our vertical world
This is a very interesting catalog! There is a introduction written by Chris Bonington, photos of Tom Patey and Dougal Haston and John Harlen, and a couple models without pants. The writing throughout the...
Dating this catalog is a little tricky. Some retailers used to intentionally leave dates off of their catalogs so the issue could be considered “current” for as long as possible. Here are my thoughts: Several guidebooks...
Selected pages of the 1985 Bergsport Equipment catalog (in German). These full color pages offer a unique glimpse of some of the climbing gear available to European climbers in 1985. Colors were bright, equipment was still...
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by Curator · Published July 10, 2015
A little sneak peak into the home archives of Vertical Archaeology. This is our “on hand” archive and doesn’t include the items currently on loan or on display with other collections. We also have...
This is a great catalog! 50 pages of 1972 climbing and outdoor equipment with a few items that were never readily available in the U.S. markets. This catalog is a large format which barely fits...
C.M.I. published this catalog in 1988 showcasing their product line. New for that season were the RoKJoX “cammable nut” as its called in the catalog copy. RoKJoX were an interesting idea and worked well...
“The Eiger Sanction” is one of my favorite climbing movies. Released on May 21, 1975 in the United States and through out the summer in other countries, the movie didn’t do great business and was considered...
This is a very interesting piece of military climbing history. The 38th R.C.T. (Regimental Combat Team) published a simple program to introduce and outline a demonstration of their basic mountain skills training. The text...
