![Roland with his rack in 2010, when Ross Taylor interviewed him at his home where he made his famous brass nuts. [Photo] Craig Ingram](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/pauligk-obit-2-scaled.jpg?resize=930%2C620&ssl=1)
Roland Pauligk (1938-2017): The man who changed climbing with his brass micronuts
Ross Taylor grew up as a family friend of Roland Pauligk, the man who created the brass “RP” micronuts that revolutionized rock climbing in the 1970s and are still essential gear at many cliffs today. Taylor recounts an influential life well lived since Pauligk died of cancer January 22.