I occasionally rappel off of chock stones, some of which I placed myself. Does that count? Depending on the rock formation they are in the millions to about a billion years old.
Woodchuck ATC wrote: Do you mean the first 'Friends with solid stems? My oldest is probably some 70's undamaged wire nuts of various shapes, copperheads, etc.
No, I mean the original design of camalots with the U cable;not that old of course, but the op forbids clothing n'shit, doggone it.
TBlom
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Nov 2, 2011
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probably the old cock and balls, yep, they still come with climbing occasionally.
Haha Tevis! I have a bunch of old Chouinard gear that is awesome, beaners and chocks. I like to use my old Eiger hook for aiding too. Quite exciting to use a rusty ass hook.
XOG
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Nov 2, 2011
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Homemade tube chocks #'s 4, 5, 6. S. Platte guy I bought them from in early 90's claimed they were made by Chouinard at an unspecified date, regardless, they are useful and versatile and not too heavy considering what they do and how much even modern large cams weigh. Old hex with thick aluminum walls with holes to make it lighter but it still weighs a ton. The tube chocks are actually useful, the old hex not really but it is cool.
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