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Edelrid Chest Harness

Accession Number

1700.2023.1

Object Name

Edelrid Chest Harness

Created

12/01/2023

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

12/01/2023

Brief Description

Edelrid chest harness made with nylon rope.

Materials

nylon. metal

Dimensions

91(L) x 4(W) cms

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

"EDELRID "

Colour

red,b;ue

Maker

Edelrid

Object Production Place

Germany

Provenance

British climbers are different to our Continental comrades in many ways; one of them is the type of climbing gear they wear.
The Brits almost universally use waist harnesses with leg loops and rarely anything for the upper body. This means that if they fall in a crevasse for instance, they will invert as there is more body weight above the waist than below. The good news is that there are not many crevasses in the UK!
Continental climbers don’t like hanging upside down in crevasses very much, or anywhere else for that matter, so they tend to use a full body harness linked to a waist harness. This raises the rope attachment point to chest level leaving you upright in the crevasse so that you don’t spill your coffee!
The German company, Edelrid, were expert rope makers in the 1960’s so no surprise then that they created this chest harness from a length of their rope.
It was a German guy who donated it too..Falk Schrodl..cheers Falk.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Falk Schrodl

Acquisition Date

12/01/2023

Condition Check Date

12/01/2023

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

12/01/2023

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