Tagged: pitons
1965 Recreational Equipment Incorporated Catalog (selected pages)
In 1965 Recreational Equipment Incorporated had two Seattle locations and was still very much a specialty climbing retailer. Now, there are over one hundred locations across the United States from Manhattan to Seattle. While...
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...
1968 Matterhorn Equipment Catalog
Selected pages from the 1968 Matterhorn Equipment catalog.
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...
Riccardo Cassin Pitons
These pitons were donated to our archives as a complete rack. They represent a fine selection of mid 1970s European hardware adequately covering thin nailing. Cassin also produced “bong” style pitons up to 2...
CMI Crack Tacks
CMI Crack Tacks were postage stamp size pitons available from the mid to late 1960s through the late 1970s. Their basic design was similar to the bigger knife blade style pins from Chouinard but,...
Clog Micro Pitons
These incredibly small pitons were a mystery to me for several years. They have no markings or manufacturing stamps and I have never found another example quite so small. Recently I noticed a Supertopo...