Singing
Rock
I bought my Singing Rock new from Alan Woodhead in 2006.
The Singing Rock is a grooved belay tube. It is forged from aluminum alloy and then hard anodized. Mine is 60 mm. long, 47 mm. wide, 111 mm. high, and weighs 73 g. The slots are 33 mm. long and 15 mm. wide. The top of the Omega oval carabiner that I use for comparing belay tubes sits 9 mm. below the ends of the slots. The keeper is a stiff plastic-covered cable.
One side of the Singing Rock is etched with an illustration showing how to rig the device, and arrow pointing up inside a rectangle, "singing rock," "MADE IN EEC," and "0205" (presumably the date of manufacture).
The Singing Rock is essentially identical to the Edelrid Lotse, Salewa Tubus, Trango Jaws, and Zero-G G-Wedge;so to avoid repetition, I refer you to the Trango Jaws description.
When I was in Prague in 2000, I saw a Singing Rock belay tube that looked much like a standard ATC. I was not able to pick it up at the time, nor was I able to locate one when I returned home. If you can help me get one (preferably by donation), please send an email to me.
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©2007, Gary D. Storrick