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Helmet

Accession Number

359.2008.1

Object Name

Helmet

Created

14/11/2008

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

14/11/2008

Brief Description

'Ultimate' climbing helmet with black plastic edging. Black chinstraps with plastic tightening device. Adjustable plastic strap inside and polystyrene lining . Blue and white criss cross canvas straps inside. Black canvas torch loop. Four holes on helmet.

Materials

fibreglass, plastic, metal, polystyrene

Dimensions

70 ( circum) cms

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

On outside white and black triangle with a picture of a mountain goat. Also white mountain logo on a black circle with "UIAA" inside and
"APPROVED INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ALPINIST ASSOCIATIONS" Initials "K.H." handwritten inside.

Colour

blue, black, white

Provenance

Having worked for a time at one of the UK's leading equipment manufacturer's, Berghaus, American, Bill Wilkins,decided to set up his own business and in 1972 Ultimate Equipment was his dream come true. Tents were a speciality though there were lots of other items including this helmet which dates from the mid to late 1970's. It once belonged to Mick Tighe's Mountain Guiding business, Nevis Guides.
In 1980, Wilkins helped set up and sponsored the Ultimate Challenge in conjunction with the Great Outdoors Magazine (TGO) and Hamish Brown. The challenge was to walk across Scotland from west coast to east coast. Remarkably successful, the event contiues to this day(2011) though with the demise of Ultimate Equipment which went into receivership, it is now called the TGO Challenge.
In November 2011 we see that the ubiquitous Bill is now running a business called Mountain Focus.

Acquisition Date

14/11/2008

Condition Check Date

28/04/2009

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

28/04/2009

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