[Kingy]

Is marked with a certain colour of paint. Let me know and I will return.

[Jaspersharpe]

Duck egg blue?

[tomtom]

Metallic avocado?

[SA Chris]

A belay plate? I think the late 80s have lost one.

[Kingy]

Should have said stich plate. Keep trying on the colour! 

[Wood FT]

Duck egg blue?

very very very very very very very very very very very very dark blue

[SA Chris]

Should have said stich plate.

I think the early 80s lost that one!

[galpinos]

Should have said stich plate.

I think the early 80s lost that one!

I started climbing in '94/'95 and my first belay device was a sprung sticht plate (coupled wih a bright green Faders Fig 8 for abseiling). I moved onto a bright pink tuber found at the bottom of Qyuiver Rib in Glen Coe (if memeory serves) which served me well for years.

[SA Chris]

What a nice story

[galpinos]

What a nice story

Sorry! Just got all dewy eyed about a 15yo me hitching round Scotland climbing for a month.

Compared to my work/life balance at the moment - bliss!

I should finish my coffee, stop posting and get back to work!

[shark]

Should have said stich plate.

I think the early 80s lost that one!

I still call them that 

[SA Chris]

You so old school.

[haydn jones]

Is it octarine?

[tomtom]

Is it painted aluminium grey?

[andy popp]

Angel's Breath?

[SA Chris]

Taupe?

[kelvin]

Is no one going to say Magnolia?!

[Dolly]

I still think a sprung stich place is the best thing for trad double rope belaying (cos I do loads of that) as it keeps the ropes away from the plate