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Cassin Full Body Harness

Accession Number

1545.2020.1

Object Name

Cassin Full Body Harness

Created

07/07/2020

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

07/07/2020

Brief Description

Cassin Full body harness

Materials

nylon, metal

Dimensions

82(L) cms

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

"CASSIN" and mountain logo

Colour

red,silver

Maker

Cassin

Object Production Place

Italy

Provenance

Giusto Gervasutti, Walter Bonatti, Emilio Comici and Riccardo Cassin - just a few of an array of Italian Alpinistes who danced through the high mountains of the Alps in the middle of the 20th Century - and like many of the world’s famous mountaineers, Cassin went on to produce his own brand of mountaineering equipment, in this case a full body harness.
Continental climbers often preferred a full body harness i.e. waist, leg and shoulder straps whereas British climbers usually stuck with waist and leg loops which has meant that the Brits were more likely to turn upside down if they fell in a crevasse!
Cassin first started producing gear in his home town of Lecco in 1947 and we think this harness is a fairly early one, probably from the 1960’s.
It was kindly donated by Ken Rawlinson one time director of Phoenix Mountaineering here in the UK.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Ken Rawlinson

Acquisition Date

07/07/2020

Condition Check Date

07/07/2020

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

07/07/2020

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