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Salewa Sticht Fiffi

Accession Number

606.2008.1

Object Name

Salewa Sticht Fiffi

Created

04/12/2008

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

04/12/2008

Brief Description

Salewa Fiffi Hook

Materials

metal

Dimensions

6(l) x 5(w) cms

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

On one side reads " SALEWA MADE IN WEST GERMANY " On other side " STICHT FIFFI DROMANG "

Colour

silver

Maker

Salewa

Object Production Place

West Germany

Provenance

Artificial climbing is a method of scaling a rock face by means other than your hands and feet. This could involve banging in a piton, drilling a hole for a bolt, using a skyhook, hammering in a bashie, a mashie or a copperhead; bizarre items which you will find elsewhere in our collection.
Once the artificial climber has got one of these items in the rock, a small ladder called an etrier, is attached and climbed, ready for the next piece of gear to be placed...progress!
It was usual to attach the etrier to whichever device was being used with a karabiner but then along came Fritz Sticht, a German, who invented in 1963 the wee device that is here in the collection to eliminate the use of a karabiner. Quite why we are not sure!
Not many folk bought these little devices since they already had tons of karabiners which did the same job, and as time moved on many aid climbs were climbed free, consigning these little devices to the collector’s cabinets where ours now also resides.
We should note that Fritz Sticht also invented the Sticht Belay Device, a much more popular device which was used worldwide for several decades.

Acquisition Method

Donated by John Hinde

Acquisition Date

04/12/2008

Reference

John Hinde was one time leader of RAF Kinloss Mountain Rescue Team

Condition Check Date

28/04/2009

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

28/04/2009

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