Ice Anchors: Leningrad Experimental Shipyard

Leningrad Experimental Shipyard
All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions
(Ленинградская Экспериментальная Судоверфь
Всесоюзный Центральный Совет Профессиональных Союзов)
Ice Anchors

Workers at the Leningrad Experimental Shipyard made a variety of climbing gear in the 1980s when commercial gear was not available in the USSR.

Ice Pitons

278: Leningrad Experimental Shipyard Morkovka

↑ 278: Leningrad Experimental Shipyard Morkovka

Made in Russia [1970s–1980s].
Weight: 185 g.
Overall Length: 192 mm.
Effective size: 150x15 mm.
Ice Piton.
Artyom Babin (Артём Бабин), 2024.

Ice Screws

↑ 199: Leningrad Experimental Shipyard Tubular Ice Screw

Made in Russia [1980].
Weight: 90 g.
Overall Length: 179 mm.
Effective size: 150x16 mm.
Well–made, lightweight but strong.
Titanium.
Stamped with "ОТК," "1200," "11–90," and the Leningrad shipyard ship logo.
"ОТК" is the Russian abbreviation for "Отдел Технического Контроля," i.e. Technical Control Department.
Produced at the Leningrad Experimental Shipyard of the VTsSPS.
Artyom Babin (Артём Бабин), 2024.

General Notes

Handleless Eccentric Cam

Handled Eccentric Cam

Lever Cam

Others

General Notes

Carabiner Methods

Simple Descenders

Figure Eights

Spools

Bobbins

Brake-Bar Descenders

Others

General Notes

Belay Plates

Tubes & Blocks

Others

General Notes

Chest Boxes

Hauling and Lowering

Rope Grabs

Shock Absorbers

Others

Standards

Safety & Techniques

Strength Testing

Galleries

Groups

Origins

Site Development

My other stuff

Leningrad Experimental Shipyard All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions (Ленинградская Экспериментальная СудоверфьВсесоюзный Центральный Совет Профессиональных Союзов)Ice Anchors

Ice Pitons

Ice Screws

Leningrad Experimental Shipyard
All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions
(Ленинградская Экспериментальная Судоверфь
Всесоюзный Центральный Совет Профессиональных Союзов)
Ice Anchors