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Salewa (Hiebler) Rope Climbers

Accession Number

498.2008.1

Object Name

Salewa (Hiebler) Rope Climbers

Created

26/11/2008

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

26/11/2008

Brief Description

Salewa (Hiebler)rope climbers. P shaped with hole at the top of a lever. Triangular at the bottom with a hook at the front.

Materials

metal

Dimensions

11(l) x 5(w) x 3(d)cms

Number Of Objects

2

Inscription Description

"HIEBLER STEIGKLEMME" on one side and "SALEWA " in a parallelogram. On other side "Jn.u.A.Pat.ANG."

Colour

silver

Maker

Salewa

Object Production Place

Germany

Provenance

Mountaineers have wanted to climb ropes pretty much since the sport began, most notably to get back out of crevasses when they’d fallen in, assuming there was someone left on top with the other end of the rope and they didn’t have the strength to physically haul the hapless victim out.
The early method was to use a prusik knot - see opposite - but as the sport progressed, mechanical versions of a prusik began to appear and these Hiebler Rope Clmbers were one of the early inventions, dating - we think - from the 1960’s. Unfortunately, they appeared around the same time as Jumars which became far more popular.

Acquisition Date

26/11/2008

Condition Check Date

28/04/2009

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

28/04/2009

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