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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:
  - Chest Boxes
  - Figure Eights
  - Figure Eights With Ears
    - Updated the shared weight chart on Figure Eights, Figure Eights With Ears, and Complex Figure Eights.
  - Handled Eccentric Cam Ascenders
  - Handleless Eccentric Cam Ascenders
  - J-frame Racks
  - Miscellaneous Ascenders
  - Miscellaneous Belay Devices
  - Most Miscellaneous
  - Plate Belayers
  - Rope Grabs
  - Self Belay Devices
  - Semi-mechanical Ascenders
  - Sticht Plate Belayers
  - Type 1 Lever Cam Ascenders
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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