Climbing Piton
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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1158
- Description
- A hand-forged, thin-blade piton for micro cracks called a ‘RURP’ an acronym for Realized Ultimate Reality Piton. The tapered blade is short and fine on the end; there is a hole on the wider, thicker end, for rings. Engraved with “LONGWARE” and also “G”. Only a remnant of what was most likely an “H”…
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- Title
- Climbing Piton
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 3.60 x 3.2 cm
- Description
- A hand-forged, thin-blade piton for micro cracks called a ‘RURP’ an acronym for Realized Ultimate Reality Piton. The tapered blade is short and fine on the end; there is a hole on the wider, thicker end, for rings. Engraved with “LONGWARE” and also “G”. Only a remnant of what was most likely an “H” is discernible.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- Hans Gmoser
- Credit
- Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1158
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