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Simond Le Grepon Crampons

Accession Number

1384.2017.1

Object Name

Simond Le Grepon Crampons

Created

08/02/2017

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

08/02/2017

Brief Description

Pair of Simond Le Grepon crampons with ten points wire cable and screw for adjusting length.

Materials

metal

Dimensions

29(L) x10(W) x 7(H) cms

Number Of Objects

1 pair

Inscription Description

"LEGREPON" and in two ovals " BREVETE S.G.D.G. CL SIMOND CHAMONIX"
On clips "GRIVEL ITALY"

Colour

silver

Maker

Brevete

Object Production Place

Chamonix, France

Provenance

Although folk had been wearing spiky things on their feet to move around in the mountains for centuries before, it was a mountaineer, Oscar Eckenstein, who created the first crampons for climbing in 1908 in conjunction with Italian blacksmith, Henry Grivel.
Though sticking pretty much to the basic Eckenstein design, there have been hundreds of variations on the theme in the following decades, one of which we have here on the collection.
Made by Simond of Chamonix in France, we suspect this pair date from around 1970 and employ an early method of adjusting the length/size with a wire cable held by a screw.
Very few of these crampons made their way across the channel, though they probably found a healthy market in Chamonix where we think the donator, Bert Barnett, may have bought this pair.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Bert Barnett

Acquisition Date

08/02/2017

Condition Check Date

08/02/2017

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

08/02/2017

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