Produced by MOAC, which derived its name from a shortened version of MOuntain ACtivities, in conjunction with John Brailsford, who had invented the original and larger MOAC, these new ‘baby’ versions aimed to fill a gap in the climber’s armoury which they did for many years. These particular ones were salvaged from the Joint Services Mountain Training Centre, Fort George, when they became obsolete and destined for the skip. A wee footnote to the above which we are adding sometime later. Mounain Activities mentioned above were a joint venture with outdoor equipment retailer, Ellis Brigham. It seems that the Baby MOAC was one of Bob Brigham’s ideas and was not supported by the inventor of the original MOAC – John Brailsford. The ‘babies’ turned out rather badly as the aluminium alloy that they were made from was too soft and deformed when holding a fall – so they went out of fashion rather sooner than we originally thought.