Many thanks to all those who donated equipment and books to the Mountain Heritage Trust. Linda previously posted on Facebook that we had delivered a substantial amount of material to MHT at their offices below Blencathra.
Items included: 6 ice axes and 2 ice hammers
6 pairs of mountaineering and touring skis
5 helmets
11 pairs of mountaineering and ski mountaineering boots
2 climbing harnesses and various items of equipment including peg hammer and pegs, nuts, slings, krabs and
belay plates
5 boxes of climbing guides
2 boxes of magazines.
More can be found about the MHT and its work at: http://www.mountain-heritage.org/
They currently have two exhibitions at Keswick Museum. The first is about Chris Bonington and the second about Women and Climbing.
They are particularly interested in receiving donations of climbing/mountaineering clothing (especially Ventile), old First Aid boxes and skin care products such as glacier cream. A fuller list follows. David
Early/ Pre 1960:
- Wool walking/ climbing breeches
- Knee length knitted wool socks and short socks
- Wool flannel shirt, cotton shirt
- Wool jacket (eg: Norfolk or ex-military)
- Wool knitted jumper
- Cotton/ wool/ silk underwear – long johns, vest etc
- Nailed boots (probably from earlier time)
- Cotton windproof jacket /smock (eg: Ventile)
- Canvas Gaiters
- Hawser laid rope, hemp or nylon
- Canvas knapsack – external or no frame
- Dachstein wool mitts
1970’s
- Nylon walking breeches or trousers
- Loop stitch socks
- Early Helly Hansen or similar ‘fur’ fleece jumper
- Early HH thermal top
- Plastic winter boots
- Nylon gaiters
- Wool balaclava
- HH fleece/nylon mitts
- Early waterproof nylon jacket and trousers
- Large rucksack with rectangular external frame
Other items
- Down high altitude suit
- Examples of old camping stoves (eg: Primus, old gas stove, solid block stove, tilly lamp)
- Windshield and billy cans, metal waterbottle, enamel cup
- An old canvas mountain tent
- Old Climbing helmet
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