The Scottish Mountain Heritage Collection
153.2008.1
Cassin Channel Ice Piton
15/10/2008
Hermione Cooper
15/10/2008
Cassin channel ice piton. Round hanger which is attached through hole in solid body. Hollowed out cylinder shape, rounded at bottom.
metal
28(l) x 4.5(w) x 2(d) cms.
1
Inside hollow body reads "CASSIN ITALY 85"
silver with flecks of yellow paint
Cassin
Italy
Ice pitons, or pegs, were the earliest form of protection when ice climbing and whilst we are sure that people were knocking lumps of metal into lumps of ice for centuries, the first commercially produced versions appeared in the late 1950's with the German, Salewa and Austrian, Stubai being the main producers. While giving a good safe anchor when driven in to good ice they had to be hacked back out again - a lengthy and tiring procedure. This particular one was donated by Jane O'Donovan, having belonged to her late husband, Roger.One of them would have cost you 60p in 1974.
15/10/2008
28/04/2009
Bohuntin
Bohuntin
Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007
28/04/2009