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Peck Crackers on wire (set)

Accession Number

543.2008.1

Object Name

Peck Crackers on wire (set)

Created

27/11/2008

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

27/11/2008

Brief Description

Five 'Peck' cylindrical wedges on looped wires. Knarled on sides.

Materials

aluminium, steel

Dimensions

Sizes A 4, 7, 9, 12, 16

Number Of Objects

5

Inscription Description

"PECK" on one side A9 A12 and A16 on three.

Colour

silver

Maker

Peck

Object Production Place

England

Provenance

Trevor Peck owned a hosiery factory in Leicester in the 1950's and was introduced to rock climbing by Pete and Barrie Biven in 1951; the three of them went on to form a formidable climbing team for many years and somewhere along the way Trevor dreamt up the idea of these Peck Crackers - we reckon around 1962/3. They were made from round,knarled steel bar called Duralumin
The fine set we have here were kindly donated by veteran climber, Peter Christie, who has carefully wired the Pecks in place, presumably to ensure better placement in the rock.
Trevor Peck also teamed up with Scottish mountaineer, Hamish MacInnes, in the late 1960's to produce the MacInnes-Peck ice-axe which you can find elsewhere in the collection.
Unfortunately, Trevor didn’t live to see his product blossom since he died prematuraly in 1969.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Peter Christie

Acquisition Date

27/11/2008

Condition Check Date

28/04/2009

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

28/04/2009

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