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RP's Roland Pauligk Brass Nuts/Wires

Accession Number

1541.2020.1

Object Name

RP's Roland Pauligk Brass Nuts/Wires

Created

07/07/2020

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

07/07/2020

Brief Description

Set of Roland Pauligk Brass Nuts/Wires on a karabiner

Materials

brass,wire

Dimensions

sizes 0-5

Number Of Objects

9

Inscription Description

"RP "

Colour

gold, silver

Maker

Roland Pauligk

Object Production Place

Australia

Provenance

Roland Pauligk was born in East Germany in 1938 and moved to Australia in 1960 where he began his career as a climber and inventor of the -now famous- RP, named after his initials.
Pauligk began producing aluminium RP’s in his backyard shed in 1969 but soon started experimenting with smaller brass nuts. During this time he discovered the key to a solid micronut: placing the wire attachment inside the brass nut and silver soldering it in place. This narrowed the nut’s profile, allowing for smaller crack placements, and eliminated a weakness in other designs, which caused the wire to snap during a fall. The innovative RP allowed for bolder, harder trad climbing. Climbers could place and fall on RP’s where even the smallest stopper couldn’t fit. The micronuts were used widely. Pauligk used his initial profits from RP sales to fund a trip to Yosemite in the 1980’s, where he sold more of his micronuts to climbers at Camp 4. He would continue to hand-produce RP’s for more than 30 years.
We had a couple of RP’s already and these were complimented by our pals, Keith Bell and Chris Peisker in Australia - thanks guys.

Acquisition Method

Keith Bell, Chris Peisker

Acquisition Date

07/07/2020

Condition Check Date

07/07/2020

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

07/07/2020

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