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Wild country Ropemen 1 (early version )

Accession Number

1588.2021.1

Object Name

Wild country Ropemen 1 (early version )

Created

09/03/2021

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

09/03/2021

Brief Description

Wild Country Ropemen on wire.

Materials

Metal

Dimensions

5.5(L) x 2.5(W) cms

Number Of Objects

2

Inscription Description

“WILD COUNTRY ROPEMAN 0120 CE. ENGLAND EN 567” on both and logo of a man with his arm up.
On one 10-11mm and 446. On other 8.5-11mm and 529

Colour

One silver, one gold

Maker

Wild Country

Object Production Place

England

Provenance

Mountaineers found out very early on that the ability to climb a rope was quite handy in certain circumstances; getting out of a crevasse being the classic example. Most climbers didn’t have the skill of circus acts or knowledge of Indian rope tricks so they invented the prussik loop from which they could form a kind of ladder to climb up.
Mechanical versions of the prussik started to appear in the 1960’s with names like hiebler clamps, cloggers, jumars etc. But the quest then was to make them smaller, lighter and more efficient.
These Ropemen, dating from the 1980’s, were one of the many results of that quest. They were (and still are) very popular with British mountaineers, especially when travelling on glaciers.
There is now a vast array of devices for climbing ropes most of which are used for industrial rather than mountaineering purposes.

Acquisition Date

09/03/2021

Condition Check Date

09/03/2021

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

09/03/2021

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