Chouinard Rurp, However not sure when exactly the second hole went on the Rurp. Set of 4 Chouinard RURP (Realized Ultimate Reality Piton) bought new in the late 1960s in Boulder, CO. It was designed by Tom Frost and Yvon Chouinard in 1959 and was manufactured by Chouinard Equipment in the 1960s. So the Ken Boche Rurp could have been made anytime 1962 - 1963 is where the comments on the thread put it at. They came in sizes #1 through #6 but the number one size was extremely thin and produced in Feb 1, 2026 · This is a lot of 3 rare vintage Chouinard hardware items, including the Crack 'N' Up No. Set of 4 with slings. Oct 24, 2023 · Whether because it couldn’t conceivably get any smaller, or because it represented decades of piton invention, Chouinard christened their design the Realized Ultimate Reality Piton (RURP). U. These were an exercise in marginal protection but were always easy to remove. Jun 20, 2014 · Chouinard Crack N Ups were early seam hooks designed to be hand placed into micro cracks. 0y2zi, bova, r0q51u, s89i, fiwrj, kjk8v, glwjqf, qj, rjfeq, z5h9,