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Updates: 2009

•August 2, 2009

• Updated the Sky Genie Page and Vertical Spools pages.
• Updated the Homemade Pierre Allain Copies page.
• Updated the Brake Belay page and reclassified the braks belays as Most Miscellaneous Devices rather than Miscellaneous Belay Devices.
• Updated the Rollgliss descender page.
• Many editorial corrections.

•June 27, 2009

• Created a common weight chart for Hooks and Horns.
• Many editorial corrections.

•June 20, 2009

• Added the Mad Rock Mad Lock and updated the Miscellaneous Belayers page accordingly.
• Added the Advanced Ropeclimbing Technology Positioner 2 and updated the Most Miscellaneous page accordingly.
• Added another Clog ascender (Version G, renaming previous Versions G & H as H & I; respectively) and updated the Handleless Eccentric Cam Ascenders page accordingly.
• Added another Atlas Descent Master (Version B; renamed previous Version B as Version C) and updated the Miscellaneous Descenders page accordingly.
• Added the Ace figure eight and updated the following accordingly:
  • Figure Eights with Ears page.
  • Height vs. width charts on the Figure Eight /w Ears Data 1 page.
  • Figure Eight /w Ears Data 2 page.
  • Shared weight chart on the Figure Eights, Figure Eights with Ears, and Complex Figure Eights pages.
  • Added cross-references on the Faders Ballet and Mad Rock Small Rescue 8 pages.
• Updated the Vertical Home page.
• Updated the Sources List.
• Updated the Ten Most Wanted List.
• Minor editorial changes.

•June 14, 2009

• Added the following devices and updated the Rope Grabs page accordingly.
  • Gemtor VW651
  • Fusion Puma FP-7208-AS
• Added the Advanced Ropeclimbing Technology SpiderJack and updated the Most Miscellaneous page accordingly.
• Added the Simond Tubik and updated the Belay Tubes page and the shared weight chart on the Tubers page accordingly.
  • Updated cross references on the Climb Axe Max, Kong Chuy, Mad Rock Max Air and Ocùn Tuber pages.
• Added another USHBA Hogwauler and updated the Hauling Pulleys page accordingly.
• Added another Fisk Descender and updated the Horns page accordingly.
• Added another Gibbs ascender and updated the Type 1 Lever Cam Ascenders page accordingly.
• Added another Alptech A.B.S. and updated the Miscellaneous Belayers page accordingly.
• Added another Clog Figure 8 figure eight and updated the following pages accordingly:
  • Figure Eights page.
  • Height vs. width charts on the Figure Eight Dimensions page.
  • Figure Eight Table Set 1 page.
  • Shared weight chart on the Figure Eights, Figure Eights with Ears, and Complex Figure Eights pages.
• Added a grappling hook weight chart to the Most Miscellaneous page.
• Updated the Advanced Ropeclimbing Technology Lockjack Sport page.
• Reformatted charts on the following pages:
  • Anchor brakes
  • Brake tubes
  • Chest boxes
  • Fixed multibar descenders
  • Horizontal spools
  • Lever-box belayers
  • Lever-box descenders
  • Misc. belay plates
  • Slot block belayers
  • Vertical spools
• Updated the Vertical Home page.
• Minor editorial changes.

•May 25, 2009

• Added the Miller Microloc and updated the Rope Grabs page accordingly.
• Added another Black Diamond ATC and updated the Belay Tubes page and the shared weight chart on the Tubers page accordingly.
• Added the Petzl Wall Hauler and updated the Hauling Pulleys page accordingly.
• Updated the Rock Exotica Wall Hauler page.
• Added another Gibbs ascender and updated the Type 1 Lever Cam Ascenders page accordingly.
• Added another Chouinard figure eight and updated the following pages accordingly:
  • Figure Eights page.
  • Height vs. width charts on the Figure Eight Dimensions page.
  • Figure Eight Table Set 1 and Figure Eight Table Set 4 pages.
  • Shared weight chart on the Figure Eights, Figure Eights with Ears, and Complex Figure Eights pages.
  • The cross-referencse on the Cassin, Climb High, Frendo, and Kong figure eights pages.
• Added two new Clog ascenders (Versions A & B, renaming previous Versions A-F as C-G; respectively) and updated the Handleless Eccentric Cam Ascenders page accordingly.
• Added the following:
  • A new Clog ascender (Version C, renaming previous Versions C-D as D-E; respectively)
  • Two more Petzl Ascensions (Versions D1 & D2, renaming previous Versions D-H as E-I; respectively)
  • Updated the Handled Eccentric Cam Ascenders page accordingly.
  • Updated the More about Ascender Handles page accordingly.
• Added the following:
  • Another Petzl Bobbin and updated the Bobbins page accordingly.
  • Two new Petzl I’Ds and updated the Stop Bobbins pageaccordingly
  • Updated the shared weight chart on the Near Bobbins page.
  • Updated the Kong Figure Eights page.
• Updated the CMI Shorti eccentric cam ascenders page.

•May 15, 2009

• Added the SMC Spyder and updated the Bobbins page and the shared weight chart on the Near Bobbins and Stop Bobbins pages accordingly.
• Added the heightec-PMI Twist D42A and updated the Handleless Eccentric Cam Ascenders page accordingly.
• Added the Petzl Pantin B02ARA and updated the Eccentric Cam Foot Ascenders page accordingly.
• Added the following Handled Eccentric Cam Ascenders:
  • Kong Hand Futura
  • Another heightec-PMI Pulsar D40 (Version B).
  • Another Petzl Ascension (Version H).
  • Updated the Handled Eccentric Cam Ascenders page accordingly.
  • Updated the More about Ascender Handles page accordingly.
• Updated the Lever Box descenders page.
• Updated the Kong Foot Futura page.
• Updated the Petzl Ascentree page.
• Updated the Repetto Spider page.
• Updated the Vertical Home page.

•May 2, 2009

• Added another Petzl Ascension (Version B; I relabeled Versions B through F as C through G, respectively).
  • Updated the Handled Eccentric Cam Ascenders page accordingly.
  • Updated the More about Ascender Handles page accordingly.
  • Uplated cross-references on the Kirov and Petzl Pompe pages.
• Added the following Eccentric Cam ascenders
  • Anthron
  • Another Petzl Croll (Version B; I relabeled Versions B through F as C through G, respectively).
  • Uplated cross-references on the Petzl Pantin page
• Added the Gibbs QR /w Gibbs replacement spring kit and updated the Type 1 Lever Cam Ascenders page accordingly.
• Added the Rescue Technology PED and updated the Miscellaneous Descenders page accordingly.
• Added another Trango Pyramid and updated the Tubers page and the shared weight chart on the Belay Tubes page accordingly.
• Added another Rappel Rescue Systems Pro-Pak descender and updated the following accordingly:
  • Figure Eights with Ears page.
  • Figure Eight /w Ears Data 1 and Figure Eight /w Ears Data 4 pages.
  • Shared weight chart on the Figure Eights, Figure Eights with Ears, and Complex Figure Eights pages.
• Updated the Autoblock and Ascender Knot pages.
• Updated the Vertical Home page.
• Updated the Sources List.

•April 19, 2009

• Updated the KWO figure eight page.
• Updated the Petzl Ascension page.
• Added the Kong Foot Futura and updated the Eccentric Cam Foot Ascenders page accordingly.
• Added the Kong Duck and updated the Handleless Eccentric Cam Ascenders page accordingly.
• Updated the Emilsa handleless eccentric cam ascender page.
• Added the following Handled Eccentric Cam Ascenders:
  • CMI 5000, Version B
  • Yates Big Wall
  • International Safety Components, Version B
  • Updated the More about Ascender Handles pages accordingly.
• Updated the PMI Puma ascender page.
• Added the following Bobbins
  • Petzl single rope Version A (and I relabeled the others B through F, respectively)
  • Petzl double-rope Version A (and I relabeld the others as Versions B and C, respectively)
  • Updated the shared weight chart on the Near Bobbins and Stop Bobbins pages accordingly.
• Added the AML, Version B and updated the Poly-Bollards page accordingly.
• Added the following Figure Eights:
  • Another BlueWater figure eight.
  • Another Edelrid figure eight.
  • Another Faders figure eight.
  • Another Hugh Banner figure eight.
  • Two more Salewa figure eights.
  • Mad Rock Small Rescue 8 figure eight with ears.
  • Updated the following accordingly:
    • Figure Eights and Figure Eights with Ears pages.
    • Height vs. width charts on the Figure Eight Dimensions and Figure Eight /w Ears Data 1 pages.
    • Figure Eight Table Set 1 and Figure Eight Table Set 2 pages.
    • Figure Eight /w Ears Data 2 page.
    • Shared weight chart on the Figure Eights, Figure Eights with Ears, and Complex Figure Eights pages.
• Updated the Vertical Home page.

•April 12, 2009

• Added the CMI QXD Personal Escape Device and updated the Miscellaneous Descenders page accordingly.
• Added the Mammut Smart and updated the Miscellaneous Belay Devices page accordingly.
• Added or updated the following Tubers:
  • Trango Pyramid, Version B (new)
  • Lowe Tubers (updated)
• Added the following Belay Tubes:
  • Mad Rock Max Air
  • Petzl Verso
  • Smiley’s Key Chain Atoga
• Updated the shared weight chart on the Belay Tubes and Tubers pages
• Added the following Grappling Hooks and updated the Most Miscellaneous page accordingly:
  • CMI
  • TRG Grabber
  • TRG Laser Hook
  • TRG Tech-Hook
  • Ninja (this one was there before, I moved it to its own page)
• Added the North Safety Products Saf-T-climb and updated the Most Miscellaneous page accordingly.
• Added the following Gibbs ascenders and updated the Type 1 Lever Cam Ascenders page accordingly.
  • Gibbs #3, Version A
  • Gibbs #3, Version B
  • Gibbs #4, Version B
  • Gibbs #4SS, Version B
  • Four Bolted Gibbs (#3B, #3SB, #4B and #4SB)
• Broke the old "Various Small Racks" page into separate pages for the Венто, Kong-Bonaiti and SBCI U-frame Racks.
• Added the SMC angled rack with extended brake bars and updated the J-frame Racks page and the shared weight chart on O-frame & U-frame Racks accordingly.
• Updated the J-Frame Rack with Rogers spooled brake bars page.
• Added the Camp Ovo and updated the Sticht Plates page accordingly.
• Added the following Figure Eights:
  • Another Stubai Figure Eight.
  • Another Wild Country Figure Eight.
  • Another CMI Standard Figure Eight.
  • Minor additions to the SMC Figure Eights page.
  • SSP Version E Figure Eight with Ears
  • Updated the following accordingly:
    • Figure Eights and Figure Eights with Ears pages.
    • Height vs. width charts on the Figure Eight Dimensions and Figure Eight /w Ears Data 1 pages.
    • Figure Eight Table Set 1 page.
    • Figure Eight /w Ears Data 2, Figure Eight /w Ears Data 3, and Figure Eight /w Ears Data 4 pages.
    • Shared weight chart on the Figure Eights, Figure Eights with Ears, and Complex Figure Eights pages.
• Updated the Petzl Basic page.
• Minor editorial changes.

•March 8, 2009

• Added the following ascenders and updated the Handleless Eccentric Cam Ascenders page accordingly:
  • Advanced Base Camp, Version C
  • Petzl Basic, Version G
• Updated the Repetto Cirano page.
• Added the Hobbs Hook, Fire Department Model and updated the Hooks page accordingly.
• Added the Cassin Version F:
  • Updated the Figure Eights page accordingly.
  • Updated the height vs. width chart on the Figure Eight Dimensions page.
  • Updated the shared weight chart on the Figure Eights, Figure Eights with Ears, and Complex Figure Eights pages accordingly.
• I color-coded the double-handled ascenders on the Handled Eccentric Cam Ascenders page and corresponding weight chart.
• Added the following ascenders and updated the Handled Eccentric Cam Ascenders and More About Ascender Handles pages accordingly:
  • Fritschi Jumars
  • WAG Jumars
  • Petzl Ascension Versions D1 and E ( I renamed the old Version E as Version F)
  • Petzl Ascentree.
• Added the Petzl Pantin B02ALA and updated the Eccentric Cam Foot Ascenders page accordingly.
• Minor editorial changes.

• March 1, 2009

• Added the Clog Flyer and updated the Belay Tubes page and the shared weight chart on the Tubers page accordingly.
• Added the following tubers:
  • Lowe Square Tuber
  • Lowe Tuber II, Version B
  • Unknown Tuber
  • Updated the Tubers page and the shared weight chart on the Belay Tubes page.
• Added another Vertical Supply Offset Eight
  • Updated the Figure Eights page accordingly.
  • Updated the height vs. width chart on the Figure Eight Dimensions page.
  • Updated the Figure Eight Table Set 4 page.
  • Updated the shared weight chart on the Figure Eights, Figure Eights with Ears, and Complex Figure Eights pages accordingly.
• Many minor editorial changes.

• February 22, 2009

• This was a huge update. I took advantage of the Adobe Dreamweaver® to identify and fix ten or twenty thousand errors, change the layput in many places, and convert to a css-based site. In the process, I revised virtually every file in the site. Although there are undoubtedly some new errors and some older ones remaining, I hope that this version is a significant improvement.
• Technical updates:
  • Updated the Grivel A.B.A page
  • Updated the CMI Small UltrAscenders page.
  • Updated the CMI Large UltrAscenders page.
  • Updated the Lazy 8 page.

• February 6, 2009

• I moved my website from an old Macintosh running Adobe Pagemill® to a new PC running Adobe Dreamweaver®.
• Updated the Camp Lift ascender page.
• Updated the Vertical Home page.

• February 1, 2009

• Updated the Kirnoz figure eights page.
• Updated the Cassin Logic page.
• Added Rock Exotica model numbers to the following pages:
• Rock Exotica ascenders and Type 1 Lever Cam Ascenders
• Rock Exotica Wall Hauler and Hauling Pulleys.
• Soloist, SoloAid, & Silent Partner and Self Belay Devices.
• Updated the Ten Most Wanted List.
• Updated the Vertical Home page.

• January 11, 2009

• Added the Jumar 79, Versions C and D acenders, redesignated the previous Version C as Version E, and updated the Handled Eccentric Cam Ascenders page accordingly.
• Added the heightec-PMI Twist D42A and updated the Handleless Eccentric Cam Ascenders page accordingly.
• Added the Kong Gi–gi, Version C and updated the Sticht Plate Belayers page accordingly.
• Added two SMC racks.
  • Updated the O-frame & U-frame Racks page accordingly.
  • Uprated the shared weight chart on the J-frame Racks page.
• Added the KWO figure eight:
  • Updated the Figure Eights page accordingly.
  • Updated the height vs. width chart on the Figure Eight Dimensions page.
  • Updated the Figure Eight Table Set 4 page.
  • Updated the shared weight chart on the Figure Eights, Figure Eights with Ears, and Complex Figure Eights pages accordingly.
  • Added cross-references to the Lucky, Mammut, Version E, Singing Rock, and Trango Penta figure eight descriptions.
• Updated the Pierre Allain descender page.
• Minor corrections on the following pages:
  • Figure Eights
  • Figure Eight Table Set 1
  • Figure Eight Table Set 2
  • Advanced Base Camp Figure Eights (interchanged designations of versions A and B)
  • DMM Figure Eights (interchanged designations of versions A and B)
  • Field & Trek Figure Eight
  • Kong Figure Eights
  • Russian Figure Eights
  • Wild Country Figure Eights (interchanged designations of versions A and B)
  • heightec-PMI Pulsar D40
  • heightec-PMI Compact D41A
  • heightec-PMI Rescue Compact D41A/ D44 Rope Grab/ D44A
• Minor editorial (non-technical) changes to the following pages:
  • Kong-Bonaiti modular ascender
  • Petzl Pompe
  • Clog eccentric cam ascender
  • Added a "needed for completion" area to the Ten Most Wanted List.
• Updated the Vertical Home page.

• January 8, 2009

• Updated the Handled Eccentric Cam Ascenders page.
• Updated the Petzl Ascension page.
• Minor corrections

• January 3, 2009

• Minor corrections

• January 1, 2009

• Updated the DMM Sticht Belay page.
• I rearranged the J-frame Racks pages as follows:
  • New pages (mostly from splitting other pages):
    • Basset Metal Studios Big Drop
    • Caving Supplies
    • Esso Grotto
    • Lewis (U. K.)
    • Warren Lewis (U. S. A.)
    • Speleoshoppe
    • Swaygo Rack Trap
  • New technical details:
    • BlueWater
    • Burkhead Safety Rack
    • John Cole
    • Jeff Gilchrest
    • Goldlock
    • Howell-N-Mann
    • Howell-N-Mann Custom Standard
    • Howell-N-Mann Custom 18"
    • Howell-N-Mann Twin
    • On Rope 1
    • Petzl
    • PMI
    • Nick Ross
    • Russian
    • SMC
    • Storrick
    • Storrick Mega-Rack
  • Uprated the shared weight chart on O-frame & U-frame Racks.
• Added a photo to the Storrick Multihooks page.
• Added photos to the Todd Handled Belay Device page.
• Minor updates to the Tokyo Top Descender and Hooks pages.
• Added several items to the Ten Most Wanted List.
• Updated the Vertical Home page.
• Moved the 2008 updates to their own page.

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