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DMM ice piton/screw

Accession Number

1114.2014.1

Object Name

DMM ice piton/screw

Created

04/02/2014

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

04/02/2014

Brief Description

P shaped DMM ice piton with hole in hangar.

Materials

titanium

Dimensions

21.5(l) x 6(circumference0 cms

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

"DMM" inscribed inside an oblong and "001" . On stuck on label "DMM PERFECTION IN PROTECTION TITANIUM"

Colour

silver

Maker

DMM

Object Production Place

Wales

Provenance

Denny Moorehouse was the founder of Clog Mountaineering Equipment, but somewhere along the way the money men got the better of him and he was forced to abandon his own company. Denny Moorehouse Mountaineering (DMM) was his new company and with it Denny continued to produce innovative products for the mountaineering fraternity - this ice screw being one of them.
The Russians flooded the European market with cheap(and sometimes nasty) titanium ice screws in the 1980's and this would seem to be Denny's riposte. It's a drive in, screw out, ice piton/screw, often referred to as a 'snarg' which is the name of the original version.
This particular one came from Mick Tighe's Mountain Guiding Company, Nevis Guides, and seems to have been well hammered.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Mick Tighe

Acquisition Date

04/02/2014

Condition Check Date

04/02/2014

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

04/02/2014

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