Karrimor/Tiso Rucksack

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Graham Tiso , founder of The Outdoor Shops
Rather wild looking members of Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team on Ben Nevis with a big orange rucksack in 1984
Description
Karrimor/Tiso orange canvas rucksack. Canvas straps, blue drawstring, metal buckles. Foam padded canvas back straps.
Inscription description
On back, label reads “MADE TO GRAHAM TISO SPECIFICATION KP A KARRIMOR PRODUCT HASSLINGTON LANCS-ENGLAND”
Acquisition Method:
Number of Objects:
1
Related Items:
Provenance:
We don’t know of a specific name or model for this rucksack; Mick Tighe remembers them being called the Tiso Sack and it seems they were made by Karrimor to a Tiso specification. Tiso’s were, and still are in 2010, Outdoor Shops, initially based in Edinburgh. The Joint Services Mountain Training Centre in Fort George had loads of them in the 1970’s and Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team used them extensively in the 1970’s & 80’s for their casualty bags, and big stretcher lowering ropes. This one probably came from there. The large blue pull out section was designed to make the sack part of an emergency bivouac system with your feet in the big bag(having emptied it!) and the blue bit pulled around the body. They were certainly very hard wearing.
Object Production
Production Place:
Accrington England
Materials:
canvas, rope, foam, metal
Maker:
Karrimor
Colour:
orange, blue
Dimensions:
61(l) x 42(w) x 18(d) cms.
Object Condition:
Condition Date Check:
28/04/2009
Administration
Accession Number:
105.2008.1
Creator:
Hermione Cooper
Accession Date:
13/10/2008
ID:
1
Category:

Mountaineering - General
Location
Location:
Bohuntin
Current Location
Rules:
Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007