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Clog Cogs

Accession Number

520.2008.1

Object Name

Clog Cogs

Created

26/11/2008

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

26/11/2008

Brief Description

String of 9 'Clog' cogs. Various sizes.

Materials

aluminium alloy

Dimensions

2 x size 10, 1 x size 9, 1 x size 7, 2 x size 5, 1 x size 4 and 2 x size 3

Number Of Objects

9

Inscription Description

"CLOG" stamped on all. "REJECT" stamped on one. Label stuck on two large one reads "BASE CAMP 2.20"

Colour

silver

Maker

Clog

Object Production Place

Wales

Provenance

Clog Cogs appeared on the market around 1976, one of many innovative designs to emerge from Denny Moorehouse's factory in North Wales. Unfortunately for Denny, Cogs did not become popular. The rather 'spiky' Crags Magazine didn't help matters when writing about them in 1977.

"Basically, Cogs are the same as Chouinard Hexentrics with the faces scooped out. They work in the same way with the added versatility of a shape designed to wriggle into irregular cracks.
However, judging by the response from the lads, they are not as idiot-proof as climbing gear should be. The initial response to Cogs has been sceptical — born more out of limpness of the brain rather than anything else. Several climbers have remarked that they did not like Cogs because they did not have a large surface area to grip the rock, as Chouinard Hexentrics do.
Denny Moorhouse, the well-known brains behind Clog equipment (and sometime amateur rapist) must cringe at such comments."

Mick Tighe rescued this string of cogs from Joint Services Mountain Training at Fort George when they were headed for the skip.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Mick Tighe

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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