A Piece of Unbent Iron--Shiprock v2

Draft for Tools for the Wild Vertical by John Middendorf, Mechanical Advantage series.

Buy the books here:

Volume 1: (mostly) European Tools and Techniques to the 1930s

Volume 2: (mostly) North American Climbing Tools and Techniques to the 1950s

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The unbent iron: Orme’s Rib Piton. John Middendorf collection.

soloing up to the Colorado Col.

Walt on a terrifying lead with almost no pro on sketchy 5.10.

Bjornstadt’s guide…(not for the published version).

Notes for this chapter;

• “This is really great John, and the best thing written about Shiprock yet.” —David Smart

• John, You write faster than I can read, interesting stuff.  —Jerry Gallwas

• Fantastic read. Keep up the good work. Cheers. —Chris Wilson