Piton Keeper Rings
Piton or “Peg” keeper rings would work really well when a climber needed to carry large arsenals of iron. There are three types in our archives: Troll keeper rings, ASMU keeper rings, and a...
Category: Piton
British Army Pitons (1952 issue)
Two pitons issued to British military mountain warfare troops in 1952. The long narrow “lost arrow” type pitons are heavy and thick with a large head and eye. Their weak point is where the head...
Home Made Hardware
The art of making your own equipment is largely forgotten today. There was once a time when quality climbing gear either wasn’t readily available or didn’t come in the sizes or shapes climbers needed...
Eiger Equipment
A collection of miscellaneous Eiger equipment from the Vertical Archaeology archives. The pitons are standard European soft iron types with the “Eiger” logo stamped on one side of the anvil.
Harvey T. Carter Equipment
Featured in this gallery is the equipment I have collected from my time climbing and exploring with desert legend Harvey T. Carter. I climbed with him hundreds of times in the 1990s and our...
Leeper Channel Piton Prototype
A true one of a kind item. This piton was in a box of prototypes and old hangers purchased from Ed Leeper and passing through the hands of a few folks before arriving at...
Piton Carrier – Oval
This type of piton carrier was very handy back when a climbers rack of protection consisted of a selection of heavy and oddly shaped pitons. It was designed to be hung around the climbers neck...
