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Troll Waist Belt, Leg Loops and Chest Harness

Accession Number

1608.2021.1(A-C)

Object Name

Troll Waist Belt, Leg Loops and Chest Harness

Created

25/06/2021

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

25/06/2021

Brief Description

Troll waist belt, leg loops and chest harness in one group. Plastic loops and metal buckles

Materials

nylon, cotton, plastic, metal

Dimensions

Waist belt- 70(L) cms Chest Harness 83(L) cms Leg loops 5(W) cms

Number Of Objects

3

Inscription Description

On Leg Loops "TROLL FREESTYLE SIT HARNESS TROLL UPPERMILL OLDHAM ENGLAND"
On Chest harness "TROLL FREESTYLE CHEST HARNESS UPPERMILL OLDHAM ENGLAND 95 CM"
On Waist belt "TROLL MADE IN ENGLAND"

Colour

blue, red

Maker

Troll

Object Production Place

England

Provenance

Alomg with his pals, John Arnott and Bill Tweedale, Tony Howard succeeded in climbing the 5000 ft Troll Wall in Romsdal Valley, Norway in 1965. No surprise then, that when Tony subsequently set up a company to manufacture climbing gear shortly after, he called it Troll.
Tony had made himself a prototype climbing harness out of leather for the climb, so no surprise again, that Troll specialised in making climbing harnesses,especially from the relatively new nylon webbing that seems to have appeared on the market in the 1960’s.
Though looking rather like a turkey trussed up for Christmas, our model- opposite- is wearing a Troll waistbelt,leg loops and chest harness, all dating from the 1970’s, a time when there was much debate concerning full body harnesses versus waist/ sit harnesses with continental mountaineers generally favouring the former, Brits the latter.
We’ve cobbled together this little set from various sources. They were soon to be superceded by the Troll/ Whillan’s Harness which became almost universal for a while in the 1970’s until better versions came along.

Acquisition Date

25/06/2021

Condition Check Date

25/06/2021

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

25/06/2021

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