Front	Rear

Technical Details

Igor Stomp of Eyolf donated this Eyolf Turtle D20 in 2024.

The Eyolf Turtle D20 is milled from aluminum alloy pl;ate and then hard anodized. Mine is 102 mm. tall, 72 mm. wide, and 11 mm. thick. The rope hole is 39 mm. high and 43 mm. wide. The top center thickness is 11 mm. The shaft length and width are 21 mm. and 23 mm., respectively. The eye measures 16 mm. by 16 mm. The ears are 12.7 and 13.7 mm. long. My Eyolf Turtle D20 weighs 92 g.

One side is printed with a wolf's head icon, "EYOLF," "D20 TURTLE," and MBS 25 kN."

Comments

The Eyolf Turtle D20 is lighter than most figure eights with ears. I particularly like the ear placement. They are effective but do not materially increase the perceived size of the Turtle.

The rope hole is shorter than normal, so it may provide too much friction on stiff or muddy ropes.

The eye is too narrow to accept two full size locking carabiners.

History

Renato Zamudio posted a picture that included the D20 Turtle and a prototype on the Vertical Museum Facebook page on September 8, 2024. In response to that post, I found the Eyolf web site and, not seeing the Turtle listed there, I wrote to ask about it. Igor quickly replied, saying

Hi Gary - Thank you for reaching out. I am familiar with your website and have used it once or twice to research products, so your request isn't going unnoticed.

I would be honoured to have the turtles in your museum. However, I am not sure if I have a Turtle 1.0 left.

At the moment, I am in Europe seeing customers and will be flying back to Toronto on Saturday.

So when I return next week, I'll do some digging and see if there is one left in my descender box of prototypes

After his return, Igor wrote the following message:

Hi Gary - As promised, I had a good look around and must have used all the first batch of turtles for testing. I don't have any lying around anymore, unfortunately.

If you like, I can send you the one we will be starting to sell, let me know.

Naturally, I accepted the offer.

As of this writing (mid-October 2024), the Turtle is not yet listed for sale on the Eyolf web site.