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	sapiecha Sapiecha · Oct 31, 2017 · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2013 · Points: 140 Anyone else display their vintage climbing gear somehow? 10 Flag Quote
	F r i t z · Oct 31, 2017 · (Currently on hiatus, new b… · Joined Mar 2012 · Points: 1,155 Classy! That rope looks like it's straight off the Shackleton expedition. 2 Flag Quote
	Roy Suggett · Oct 31, 2017 · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jul 2009 · Points: 9,136 Well done, looks really nice! I used some of that gear not too long ago when needing MORE #4 size ( see photo https://www.mountainproject.com/photo/108072110) 1 Flag Quote
	sapiecha Sapiecha · Oct 31, 2017 · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2013 · Points: 140 Fritz N. wrote: Classy! That rope looks like it's straight off the Shackleton expedition. Ha! 0 Flag Quote
	F r i t z · Oct 31, 2017 · (Currently on hiatus, new b… · Joined Mar 2012 · Points: 1,155 1 Flag Quote
	James Schroeder · Oct 31, 2017 · Fort Collins, CO · Joined May 2002 · Points: 3,166 Fritz N. wrote: The ratio of the age of the gear on your harness to the age of your helmet seems off. 4 Flag Quote
	F r i t z · Oct 31, 2017 · (Currently on hiatus, new b… · Joined Mar 2012 · Points: 1,155 James Schroeder wrote: The ratio of the age of the gear on your harness to the age of your helmet seems off. ... and to the age of the climber. ;-) The gear was donated by someone old enough to have purchased it brand new back in the day. 1 Flag Quote
	sapiecha Sapiecha · Oct 31, 2017 · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2013 · Points: 140 Fritz N. wrote: Never thought of using a dummy :P 0 Flag Quote
	Ryan Hamilton · Oct 31, 2017 · Orem · Joined Aug 2011 · Points: 5 sapiecha wrote: Anyone else display their vintage climbing gear somehow? This is exactly the sort of thing I want to do. Even better is that my wife is down with it. 0 Flag Quote
	Ryan Hamilton · Oct 31, 2017 · Orem · Joined Aug 2011 · Points: 5 I have a bunch of old hollow ice nails if anyone up for trading some vintage gear. 0 Flag Quote
	sapiecha Sapiecha · Oct 31, 2017 · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2013 · Points: 140 Ryan Hamilton wrote: This is exactly the sort of thing I want to do. Even better is that my wife is down with it. Good woman. 0 Flag Quote
	Skibo · Oct 31, 2017 · Unknown Hometown · Joined Mar 2016 · Points: 5 Vintage? I'm still using some of that stuff! 2 Flag Quote
	Daniel Hamilton · Nov 6, 2017 · Iron Range, MN · Joined Oct 2017 · Points: 0 Skibo wrote: Vintage? I'm still using some of that stuff! Hell yeah, love a rigid friend with a Gunks tie. 1 Flag Quote
	Patrick Corry · Nov 12, 2017 · PA · Joined Nov 2015 · Points: 75 The ice ax is a Stubai Aschenbrenner I carried in the 60's/70's, but the crampons are hand-forged with brazed-on pyramidal shaped "points". Stamped with the numeral 4, no other markings. I bought them in an antique shop in Luzerne, Switzerland in 1970. The mani stone & kukri are from Nepal, and the soft iron pitons came from the Tour d'Ai in Leysin, Switzerland. It's where John Harlin's, then later Dougal Haston's International School of Mountaineering (ISM) taught aid climbing up above the Club Vagabond. Pitons driven everywhere... The ice ax on my pack in the picture is the same one, circa 1968... Ama Dablam in the background. 3 Flag Quote
	Perry Norris · Nov 12, 2017 · Truckee, CA · Joined Nov 2014 · Points: 45 0 Flag Quote
	Skibo · Nov 12, 2017 · Unknown Hometown · Joined Mar 2016 · Points: 5 Scoop wrote: Bamboo piolet--ooooohhhh! 0 Flag Quote
	Roots · Jan 4, 2018 · Wherever I am · Joined Dec 2010 · Points: 20 Ha! All my vintage gear is in tubs..sadly no display at the moment..well over 2,000 items. Let me know about those hollow nails...I have some pare gear to trade. 0 Flag Quote