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I acquired this eight from Ragged Mountain Equipment in 1994.
The Camp, Version A is forged from aluminum alloy. Mine is 114 mm. tall, 68 mm. wide, and 15 mm. thick. The rope hole is 40 mm. high and 46 mm. wide. The top center thickness is 12 mm. The shaft length and width are 34 mm. and 21 mm, respectively. The eye measures 19 mm. by 24 mm. My eight weighs 97 g.
The front of this eight is stamped "CAMPITALY," and the rear is stamped "KG. 2500."
This is a typical example of a "midi" size, forged, aluminum eight. Except for being unfinished, it is identical to Version B. It is also essentially identical to the Advanced Base Camp Versions A and B, AustriAlpin, Camp Version B, CH, CT Ltd., Lucky Ecos Mini, Mammut Versions B and D and Salewa Midi.The uncoated aluminum will wear quickly when used on dirty ropes. The eye is 25 mm. wide, so it can be used for "Sticht" belaying on 9 mm. rope. The eye is a bit short for optimum use on 11 mm. rope.
The Camp, Version A is lighter than most figure eights.
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I acquired this eight from Ragged Mountain Equipment in 1994.
The Camp, Version B is forged from aluminum alloy and then soft anodized. Mine is 131 mm. tall, 74 mm. wide, and 13 mm. thick. The rope hole is 48 mm. high and 48 mm wide. The top center thickness is 11 mm. The shaft length and width are 44 mm. and 25 mm, respectively. The eye measures 19 mm. by 25 mm. My eight weighs 102 g.
The front of this eight is stamped "CAMPITALY," and the rear is stamped "KG. 2500."
This is another "midi" size, forged, aluminum eight. Except for being anodized, it is essentially identical to Version A. It is also essentially identical to the Advanced Base Camp Versions A and B, AustriAlpin, Camp Version B, CH, CT Ltd., Lucky Ecos Mini, Mammut Versions B and D, and Salewa Midi. This version will also wear quickly because the soft anodizing provides little protection.
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I acquired this eight used from Walt Pirie in 1991.
The Camp/Lowe Fungo is forged from aluminum alloy and then soft anodized. Mine is 122 mm. tall, 90 mm. wide, and 19 mm. thick. The Fungo has a distinct bend that accounts for the increased thickness; if flat, it would be 12.7 mm thick. The rope hole is 61 mm. high and 40 mm. wide. There is a small projection on one side with a 4.5 mm. hole for a keeper cord. The top center thickness is 10 mm. The shaft length and width are 40 mm. and 26 mm, respectively. The eye measures 23 mm. by 23 mm. My Fungo weighs 97 g. after a little wear from Walt's use.
The concave side of my Fungo has mountain logo with "CAMP" above and "Italy" below. The convex side has "Kg2000" in raised letters.
This is an odd-shaped, bent figure eight. The bend allows it to be rigged two ways with differing amounts of friction. The rope path is well laid out so this eight is smoother than one might expect. The keeper hole is not in a good place, since the keeper can easily get entangled with the main line, but where else could it be? If it were on the shank or eye, then the keeper would prevent rigging the eight while the keeper was attached to the user. The Camp/Lowe Fungo, Kong "8" Light Plus, and Salewa have keepers attached on the rope loop as well. If there is a real concern about dropping the eight, perhaps it would be better to switch to a different kind of descender.
The eye is too narrow to accept two full size locking carabiners.
The Camp/Lowe Fungo is lighter than most figure eights.
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