08/13/2026
Thanks to Gary Storrick from Poca, WV, USA: our second winner of our "Milestone Reward".
Gary Storrick is the creator and curator of the Vertical Museum, an incredible collection and online resource dedicated to the history of vertical equipment. Since starting the site in 1999, Gary has documented thousands of ascenders, descenders, belay devices, carabiners, pitons, nuts, cams, and other pieces of climbing and caving equipment.
Today, the Vertical Museum contains more than 6,100 catalogued items, making it an amazing resource for anyone interested in the history and evolution of vertical equipment.
Thank you, Gary, for your incredible contribution to the climbing and caving community! And congratulations on being our second Milestone Reward winner!
Every 100th order is completely free on blissclimbingtech.com! Maybe the next one’s yours!!
Gary's website: https://web.archive.org/web/20260610214857/https://www.verticalmuseum.com/