Online collection of 430 carabiners

[alanw]

Carabiner Collection

www.carabinercollection.com

 

[wormster]

Ok I think someone has faaarrrr too much time on their hands.

 

[Leclused]

That is small beer compared to the "Vertical Museum" Site

Vertical Museum

 

[Graigwen]

Carabiner Collection

www.carabinercollection.com

It appears to have no Hiatt krabs.

 

[Leclused]

It appears to have no Hiatt krabs.

Vertical Musem has one Hiatt krab

 

[kay]

Ok I think someone has faaarrrr too much time on their hands.

We need people to act as repositories of niche knowledge. Saves the rest of us the trouble.

 

[2xw]

Can someone find a way to make these into top trumps cards?

 

[Graigwen]

Vertical Musem has one Hiatt krab

I am still using one!

 

[CarabinerCollection]

It appears to have no Hiatt krabs.

Give the people what they want.

 

[kay]

Give the people what they want.

Welcome to ukc!

 

[CarabinerCollection]

Welcome to ukc!

Ha, thanks! In all seriousness, thanks for checking out the site and pointing me to the thread. I'm happy to have it compared to Storrick's site (VerticalMuseum), as his was definitely part of the inspiration, and I use a tool he sent me to measure carabiner basket sizes.

I have a few hundred carabiners that aren't pictured on the site, including that Hiatt. I don't actually know much about the company, they're pretty uncommon here in the US. If anyone has an old catalog or print material from them I'd be curious to see it or hear any other stories about their gear.

 

[CarabinerCollection]

Can someone find a way to make these into top trumps cards?

I know this is a joke, but I had never heard of the game and actually seems like it could be a fun gift for some friends. Thanks for the recommendation!

 

[mikem]

There is some info on (& also various pitons):

Hiatt Karabiners (very early versions) - Scottish Mountain Heritage Collection

Hiatt Karabiners (very early versions) - Rock Climbing, Mountain Rescue, Snow & Ice Climbing, Mountain Technology, Camping, Footwear, Clothing, Mountaineering, Ben Nevis - Journals Objects and Archives

smhc.co.uk

Hiatt Screwgate Karabiner - Scottish Mountain Heritage Collection

Hiatt Screwgate Karabiner - Rock Climbing, Mountain Rescue, Snow & Ice Climbing, Mountain Technology, Camping, Footwear, Clothing, Mountaineering, Ben Nevis - Journals Objects and Archives

smhc.co.uk

Hiatt Karabiner - Scottish Mountain Heritage Collection

Hiatt Karabiner - Rock Climbing, Mountain Rescue, Snow & Ice Climbing, Mountain Technology, Camping, Footwear, Clothing, Mountaineering, Ben Nevis - Journals Objects and Archives

smhc.co.uk

Hiatt / Helly-Hansen Karabiners - Scottish Mountain Heritage Collection

Hiatt / Helly-Hansen Karabiners - Rock Climbing, Mountain Rescue, Snow & Ice Climbing, Mountain Technology, Camping, Footwear, Clothing, Mountaineering, Ben Nevis - Journals Objects and Archives

smhc.co.uk

 

[mikem]

Also multiple other designs:

SMHC Collection - Scottish Mountain Heritage Collection

smhc.co.uk

 

[CarabinerCollection]

Very nice, thanks for pointing me to that - I hadn't seen some of that info before, in particular the prison leg iron history.

Here's a 1977 Hiatt / Troll ad for aluminum alloy carabiners from my clippings.

 

[carpet]

That is small beer compared to the "Vertical Museum" Site

Vertical Museum

has the vertical museum recently gone down? tried to go to it for a browse after seeing this and got hit with a site not found error?

 

[mikem]

Working now, but with this message:
"Hundreds of cell phone users complained and asked me to for a simpler, mobile friendly site. In particular, they wanted me to limit each page to a small number of pictures and minimize my use of text. This new site provides what they asked for."

 

[carpet]

Working now, but with this message:
"Hundreds of cell phone users complained and asked me to for a simpler, mobile friendly site. In particular, they wanted me to limit each page to a small number of pictures and minimize my use of text. This new site provides what they asked for."

huh I've been seeing that message for a while on there I think - must be a me issue that's preventing me from viewing it currently, thanks

edit: issue solved, my browser when opening links from here tries to open as https:// rather than the http that the vertical museum actually needs