The Scottish Mountain Heritage Collection
500.2008.1
Gibbs Rope Ascender
26/11/2008
Hermione Cooper
26/11/2008
'Gibbs'rope ascender.Silver coloured movable lever with large hole and serrated bottom which is attached to gold coloured folded wedge shape by a red piece of webbing.Two pieces of wire screwed onto each side.
metal, nylon
10(l) x 7(w) x 3.5(d)cms
1
On outside " GIBBS " underlined twice.
gold, silver, red
Gibbs
USA
This is a Gibbs-springwire-rope ascender in one of its various forms, though we are not quite sure which model as continuous changes/refinements over the years are difficult to pin down.
Gibbs Products Incorporated are an American company who started making ascenders for caving back in the 1960's and we suspect ours to be a fairly early one, maybe 1970's/80's. Though not a caver, founder member of the SMHC, Mick Tighe, used this one for mountain rescue training back in the 1980's/90's.
If you are interested in these kind of things check out the website,
www.storrick.cnc.net,where you will find hundreds of them.
26/11/2008
28/04/2009
Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007
28/04/2009