Paul Rosher got this nut from his uncle, who was a pioneer Northumberland climber. Filed, drilled and cut from a piece of solid steel this is a wonderful icon of its era. Albert Rosher was an early member of the Craig Lough mountaineering club and he used the runner (having made it) on early explorations of the Northumberland crags and on expeditions to the Lake District in the 1960’s when nut runners were just beginning to take over from jammed knots and slings. The term ‘nut’ derives from the use of nuts (as in nuts and bolts) which were threaded onto rope and used to wedge in cracks in the rock for protection. These hexagonal versions were a further refinement.