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Updates: 2005

August 27, 2005
- Added the Hopf Device and updated the Miscellaneous Descenders page accordingly
August 21, 2005
- Added another Bluewater rack, moved the On Rope 1 rack to its own page (and then made some updates), and updated the J-frame Racks page accordingly.
- Added another Storrick Peck-like Hook and updated the Hooks page accordingly
- Updated the Horns page to reflect the following additions:
  - Added four Lirakis Sidewinders
  - Added another Triangle
  - Added the Storrick Open Longhorn
- Added two new Salewa belay plates and updated the Sticht Plate Belayers page accordingly.
- Added a left-handed version C2 and new photographs to the Petzl Ascension page, and updated the Handled Eccentric Cam Ascenders page accordingly.
- Added the Buckingham Lockjack and updated the Most Miscellaneous page accordingly
- Added the Hugh Banner ascender and updated the Handled Eccentric Cam Ascenders and Ascender Handle Dimensions pages accordingly.
- Added a photo and made minor updates to the Handled Ecc. Cam: PMI CAT page.
- Updated the Ten Most Wanted List
- Minor editorial corrections.
August 7, 2005
- Added patent information to the Misc. Belay: Alptech ABS page.
- Updated the Ascender Handle Dimensions page.
- Minor changes to the Handled Ecc. Cam: Petzl Pompe page.
- Minor changes to the Tube Belayers page.
- Added internal width and usable bar motion information for the J-frame Racks and O-frame & U-frame Racks.
- Minor changes to the CMI Hyper Rack Extreme comments.
- Updated the Vertical Home page
- Minor editorial corrections.
July 31, 2005
- Added the CMI Hyper Rack Extreme. In doing so, I realized that having the U-frame Racks grouped by similar types left the four CMI U-racks in my collection on four different pages, the three BMS racks on three pages, and so on. I decided to reorganize the entire O-frame and U-frame Rack gallery. In doing so, I made the following changes:
  - Chose a new file name for the U-Frame Racks: Small page so that I could use that name for a new U-Frame Racks: BMS and keep my device/page numbering system intact.
    - Moved the BMS rack from the U-Frame Racks: Long bar page to the new U-Frame Racks: BMS page.
    - Moved the BMS Mini from the U-Frame Racks: Small page to the new U-Frame Racks: BMS page.
    - Moved the BMS Pico Rack from the U-Frame Racks: Small U-Frame Racks page to the new U-Frame Racks: BMS page.
    - Renamed the old U-Frame Racks: Small U-Frame Racks page as U-Frame Racks: Speleobooks, since that is all that it now contains.
  - Turned the old U-Frame Racks: CMI Firefly Personal Escape Rack page into a U-Frame Racks: CMI page
    - Moved the CMI rescue rack from the U-Frame Racks: Long bar page to the new U-Frame Racks: CMI page.
    - Moved the CMI microrack from the U-Frame Racks: Small page to the new U-Frame Racks: CMI page.
    - Added the CMI Hyper Rack Extreme
  - Updated the O-frame & U-frame Racks page accordingly, and reordered the Gallery.
- Added the Thrun ascender and updated the Semi-mechanical Ascenders page accordingly.
- Added the Likin Eight and updated the Figure Eights page and the shared weight chart on Figure Eights With Ears and Complex Figure Eights.
- Added two new Clog ascenders and updated the Handleless Eccentric Cam Ascenders page accordingly.
- Updated the Handled Ecc. Cam: Clog Expedition page.
- Added the Triangle and updated the Horns page accordingly.
- Updated the Chest Boxes page and added the following nes chest boxes:
  - A British box on the Chest Boxes: Bluewater-Type Boxes page
    - I made some other updates on the page as well
  - Another Neil Box
    - ...and I updated the description of the old one on the page as well
- Updated the Misc Descender: Sewickley page.
- Updated the Ten Most Wanted List
- Updated the Vertical Home page
- Minor editorial corrections.
July 26, 2005
- Added the CMI Double Micro Hauler and updated the Hauling Pulleys page accordingly.
- Added U.S. Patent information for the Forrest Escape Line
- Updated Handled Ecc. Cam: Petzl Ascension the page (Thanks, Jay!).
- Updated the Vertical Home page
- Minor editorial corrections.
July 23, 2005
- Added the Butkovic and updated the False Bobbins page and the shared weight chart on the Bobbins and Stop Bobbins pages accordingly.
- Updated the Misc Descender: Sewickley page.
- Relisted the VauDe AD10 & AL-15 versions A and B as Anthron VauDe AD10 & AL-15 versions A and B, added the Anthron AD10 & AL-15, corrected and updated the Handled Eccentric Cam Ascenders page accordingly, and resequenced the associated gallery.
- Added the Petzl Croll, Version D, updated the description of Versions B and C while I was there, and updated the Handleless Eccentric Cam Ascenders page accordingly.
- Updated the Vertical Spool: Rappel Stein page and modified the page accordingly.
- Corrected the title on the Misc Descender: Petzl Pirana page.
- Updated the Handled Ecc. Cam: Petzl Ascension page.
- Made the following Figure Eights, Figure Eights With Ears, and Complex Figure Eights changes and additions:
  - Added the Frendo Version D Figure 8
  - Added the Kong De-Jump Complex Figure Eight
  - Moved the Kong Classic (once called the Early Kong Figure 8) to Figure Eights: Kong the page and deleted the page it was on.
  - Moved the Kong-Bonaiti Classic from the "Various Figure Eights" page to its own page (in 2007 I moved it to the Kong eights page). Note: I split the "Various Figure Eights" page apart in 2007.
  - Expanded descriptions on the "Various Figure Eights" page. Note: I split the "Various Figure Eights" page apart in 2007.
  - Updated the shared weight chart on Figure Eights, Figure Eights With Ears, and Complex Figure Eights.
- Added U.S. Patent information for the following devices:
- Updated or replaced photographs on the following pages (no text changes):
- Added more Stupid Icons
- Updated the Sources List
- Updated the Ten Most Wanted List
- Minor editorial corrections
July 17, 2005
- Revised the heading for the Display at a Glance page.
- Corrected some link errors.
- Minor editorial corrections.
July 16, 2005
- Finished the following pages:
- Corrected the Russian ascender listings on the Handleless Eccentric Cam Ascenders and Type 1 Lever Cam Ascenders pages.
- Updated the Petzl Ascension page.
- Updated the Gossett Box page
- Updated the Vertical Home page
- Minor editorial corrections.
July 10, 2005
- Updated the Ten Most Wanted List
- Finished the following pages:
- Added a note on hyperbars to the J-frame Racks page.
- Updated the REI 11/11 Sticht belay plate description
- Minor modifications (e.g., cross-references) to the following:
- Touched up many of the photos in the additions made on or since June 28.
- Minor editorial corrections.
June 28, 2005
- Added a photograph to Russian Stop Bobbins
- Created temporary pages for the following items:
  - New devices on existing pages
    - Belay Plates: New Alp Magic
    - Figure Eights: DMM
    - Figure Eights: Stubai
    - Figure Eights With Ears: Ural Alp
    - Type 1 Lever Cam: Russian Ascender, Version B
    - Misc. Ascenders: Russian
    - Misc. Ascenders: Unicender
    - Misc. Ascenders: Ural Alp (Five versions; two have a picture)
    - Misc. Belay: TRE Sirius
    - Misc. Belay: WC Variable Controller
    - Rope Grabs: DBI/SALA (Three versions)
    - Rope Grabs: Komet
    - Self Belay: Soloist, SoloAid, & Silent Partner (Two versions)
    - Sticht Belay: Clog
    - Sticht Belay: Salewa
  - New pages
    - Chest Boxes: PMI (Two versions)
    - Semi-mechanical: H-Bar (Two versions)
    - Eccentric Cam: Stregor (Two versions)
    - Eccentric Cam: Ural Alp Mini
    - Eccentric Cam: Ural Alp Mouse (Two versions)
    - Figure Eights: British (Fisher?) (Two versions)
    - Figure Eights: CT Ltd.
    - Figure EightsWith Ears: Lazy Eight
    - Handled Ecc. Cam: Kirov
    - Handled Ecc. Cam: Ural-Alp 10.32
    - J-Frame Racks: Storrick, Version C, with Rack Chock
    - Misc. Belay: Graham (Two versions)
    - Misc. Belay: Trango Cinch
    - Most Misc: Gossett Plate
    - Rope Grabs: Safe-Waze
- Updated the following pages to include data for the new devices:
- Moved the New Alp Light 8 from the Belay Plates: Various page to the Belay Plates: New Alp page.
- Moved the Chouinard 11 from the Sticht Belay: PBI, etc page to the new Sticht Belay: Chouinard page.
- Minor update to the Gossett Box page
- Moved the 2004 updates to their own page
- Updated the Vertical Home page
- Minor editorial corrections.

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