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Climbing; Horizontal Piton
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- Date
- 1955 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1160 a-c
- Description
- A carabiner with two pitons hanging from it:a) a D-ring carbiner (10.3x5.0cm wide) made out of aluminum alloy; it has a spring lock mechanism with a safety bar in the gate. On one side it has “CHOUINARD” in raised upright block letters, followed by “H G” horizontally. The opposite side has “H” hori…
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- Title
- Climbing; Horizontal Piton
- Date
- 1955 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Description
- A carabiner with two pitons hanging from it:a) a D-ring carbiner (10.3x5.0cm wide) made out of aluminum alloy; it has a spring lock mechanism with a safety bar in the gate. On one side it has “CHOUINARD” in raised upright block letters, followed by “H G” horizontally. The opposite side has “H” horizontally, “820” “G” horizontally “P” within a circle “ALCOA” followed by Chouinard’s diamond logo and “775”. This carabiner is light, strong and uncomplicated.(b) a hand-forged horizontal piton (8.8x2.60cm wide 3.0cm high) with a flat blade and raised side ‘handle’, viewer’s left, with a round hole. On the handle there is hand engraved “C” and what could be “m e”. This may have been an early Yvon Chouinard when he was making pitons in a garage. There is also “H G” below that.(c) a hand-forged horizontal piton (8.0x3.2cm wide 3.5 high) with a flat, thin, sharp blade and raised side ‘handle’, viewer’s right, with a round hole. Made of of Chrome-moly steel. There is stamp, Yvon Chouinard’s logo, a diamond with a “C” in the centre and “U.S.A” underneath.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- Hans Gmoser
- Credit
- Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1160 a-c
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Horizontal Piton
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact108.04.1171
- Date
- 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1171
- Description
- An early style, horizontal, hard metal ice piton with an oblong metal ring attached. The blade is narrow with a point and the other end has a hole where the ring for the carabiner goes through. The oblong ring is not soldered together, just folded shut to close. The blade is bent and has nicks on …
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- Title
- Horizontal Piton
- Date
- 1950
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 3.0 x 26.7 cm
- Description
- An early style, horizontal, hard metal ice piton with an oblong metal ring attached. The blade is narrow with a point and the other end has a hole where the ring for the carabiner goes through. The oblong ring is not soldered together, just folded shut to close. The blade is bent and has nicks on either side making it serrated for ice climbing.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- Hans Gmoser
- Credit
- Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1171
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