Mr. Merry was thoughtful and kind enough to sell some of his kit to me a while back. Bedayn carabiner is from The Nose FA:

Peace my CO friend. (Toby, pardon the ST link, but it is relevant), https://www.mountainproject.com/forum/topic/117947155/steve-wunsch-rip http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1041277/STEVE-WUNSCH-NOBLE-PARTNER

The old style LAs with the rounded tips were not as good as the square tipped pins in shallow placements tied off. They were pretty though (reminds me of the WWII Spitfire).

Bump for a good tribute thread. I'll go back and read more (e.g. close encounter), but sweet writing Fritz. Effing-A: North Raker!!!!