Climbing Taperlocks
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- metal; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1049 a-c
- Description
- Aluminum wedges with cables, Chic Scott's (a) 3.8x2.3, wedge shape tapers from 2.3 to 1.2, .4 dia. cable, ca. 30.0 long, passes through 2 holes in wedge in a loop, red plastic hand/rope holdover loop, blue plastic keeper near wedge. ca. 2.0 aluminum join (b,c) sameas (a) but smaller wedge: 1…
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- Title
- Climbing Taperlocks
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- metal; plastic
- Description
- Aluminum wedges with cables, Chic Scott's (a) 3.8x2.3, wedge shape tapers from 2.3 to 1.2, .4 dia. cable, ca. 30.0 long, passes through 2 holes in wedge in a loop, red plastic hand/rope holdover loop, blue plastic keeper near wedge. ca. 2.0 aluminum join (b,c) sameas (a) but smaller wedge: 1.3x.9 tapers to .7, no plastic hand/rope grip. Red plastic keepers. Manufacturer's stamp on side of wedge "CLOG".
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- Chic Scott
- Credit
- Gift of Charles (Chic) Scott, Cochrane, 1987
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1049 a-c
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