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Clog Vulture ice axe

Accession Number

194.2008.1

Object Name

Clog Vulture ice axe

Created

20/10/2008

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

20/10/2008

Brief Description

Clog Vulture ice axe. Metal shaft painted blue with black rubber hand grip. One hole in middle of head. Adze, serrated pick. Pointed spike on ferrule with four grooves .

Materials

metal, rubber

Dimensions

Shaft & ferrule 41(l) x 10.5(cir)cms. Head 26.5(l) cms. Adze 6.5(w)cms.

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

"CLOG-WALES" written twice on black rubber on both sides. Orange label on both sides reads
"CLOG" (orange writing on black rectangle) "VULTURE" ( black writing )

Colour

black, blue, silver, gold

Maker

Clog

Object Production Place

Wales

Provenance

Denny Moorhouse and Shirley Smith set up Clogwyn Climbing gear - CLOG for short - in the old cinema at Deiniolen, North Wales, in 1966. These were the days of flower power hippies and laid back lifestyles so the 'climb now, work later' ethic prevailed with daily output of their first 'nuts' being counted in dozens rather than thousands. Whilst Denny and Shirley had excellent, innovative minds, their business acumen wasn't quite so good and they were gently eased out of the door, though fortunately Denny went on to set up the equally innovative company DMM aka: Denny Moorhouse Mountaineering.
We are not sure who was the progenitor of the CLOG range of ice-axes, but Wild Country had taken over the CLOG trade name in 1986 from a firm called Barrow Hepburn Equipment Ltd. and between them in 1987, they issued a recall notice on Vulture Ice Hammers manufactured before 1985 as some had broken where the hammer was joined to the shaft. By way of replacement you could get a free Simond Chacal Hammer, or £30. This of course, promoted the Chacal, demoted the Clog hammer and didn't help with the other Clog ice tools which died a slow death.
It's in near mint condition and came from the stores of Nevis Guides, the Mountain Guiding Business owned by Mick Tighe.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Mick Tighe

Acquisition Date

20/10/2008

Condition Check Date

28/04/2009

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

28/04/2009

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