Singing Rock

Technical details:

I acquired my Singing Rock from Susan Pattison on eBay in 2007.

The Singing Rock is orged from aluminum alloy and then soft anodized. Mine is 107 mm. tall, 79 mm. wide, and 19 mm. thick. The rope hole is 36 mm. high and 59 mm. wide. The top center thickness is 11 mm. The shaft length and width are 27 mm. and 30 mm., respectively. The eye measures 25 mm. by 25 mm. My eight weighs 80 g.

The concave side of the shaft is marked with a boxed arrow pointing upward, "singing rock," "MADE IN EEC," "kN 25," and "2006."

Comments:

The Singing Rock is an odd-shaped, bent figure eight. It is essentially identical to the Lucky Face, Mammut, Version E, and Trango Penta. The Singing Rock is lighter than most figure eights. The bend allows it to be rigged two ways with differing amounts of friction. The short overall length and sharp bends makes this eight rather "grabby" when using the high friction arrangement on sandy ropes.