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Mountain Rescue Kit

Accession Number

652.2008.1(a-j)

Object Name

Mountain Rescue Kit

Created

11/12/2008

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

11/12/2008

Brief Description

1950's Austrian Mountain Rescue Kit consisting of two wire clamps, a Bakelite & alloy pulley, two large and two small wire connectors, two small alloy pulleys, a large orange 'carry boy' with canvas straps and an orange plastic covered back rest, an alloy and plastic cliff top roller, a metal tin, a ratchet handler, a 'U' bracket and a blue metal tube with a chain attached to the top and a yellow rubber cover on the other end.

Materials

metal, Bakelite, plastic, canvas

Dimensions

'carry boy' - 44(h) x 36.5(w) x 35.5(d)cms.

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

"TYROMONT ALPINGATE HABEN WELTRUF( ) GEBR. KOLLENSPERGER A 6010 INNSBRUCK TYROL-AUSTRIA" on most items.

Colour

orange

Maker

GEBR. KOLLENSPERGER

Object Production Place

Austria

Provenance

This Mountain Rescue Kit was part of the IKAR (International Kommittee on Alpine Rescue) equipment that was produced mostly in Austria from the 1950's onwards and made available to rescue teams throughout Europe. Designed to be used with wire, the system was not really suited to British mountain rescue and very few items found their way into the UK. This one lay unused for many years in the Tollymore Outdoor Centre in N. Ireland until it was donated/loaned to SMHC.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Tullymore Outdoor Centre, Northern Ireland

Acquisition Date

11/12/2008

Condition Check Date

28/04/2009

Normal Location

Bohuntin

Current Location

Bohuntin

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

28/04/2009

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