Snow Climbing

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ID	Type	Size	Description	Location	Notes
MTR.2008.21	Alpenstock	161cm	Wood, octagonal shaft, leather strap, "H.K. Walker" inscribed on shaft near ferrule, tiny "0017" painted on shaft and spike.	Archives, N3	-
MTR.2008.22	Alpenstock	160cm	Wood, round shaft, long section of wrapped tape (at 2/3 height), leather strap, short squarish spike.	Archives, N3	Owned by Albert and Elizabeth Carlson of Coulee Dam, WA (longtime Mountaineer members). Donated by Albert's niece Suzy Stockton.
MTR.2008.23	Alpenstock	159cm	Wood, octagonal shaft, fragile leather strap, tiny "0032" painted on spike.	Archives, N3	-
MTR.2008.24	Alpenstock	152cm	Wood, octagonal shaft, thin leather strap, tape wrapped around shaft in three places.	Archives, N3	-
MTR.2008.25	Ice axe	109cm	Wood shaft, Francois Simond brand (Chamonix), sold by Gleize Sports (Chamonix), "H" inscribed on shaft near head, tape wrapped near ferrule.	Archives, N3	-
MTR.2008.26	Ice axe	104cm	Wood shaft, made in France, sold by Arthur Beale (London). "Harry Myers" engraved on pick.	Archives, N3	-
MTR.2008.27	Ice axe	90cm	Wood shaft, Fritsch brand (Zurich), "VJ" inscribed in shaft near head, tape around shaft near ferrule, glide ring with leather strap.	Archives, N3	Circa 1950s, donated by Victor Josendal.
MTR.2008.28	Ice axe	85cm	Wood shaft, Fritsch brand (Zurich), driver's license number engraved on ferrule ("JO-SE-NV-ACOS??"), glide ring with canvas strap.	Archives, N3	Circa 1950s, donated by Victor Josendal.
MTR.2010.1	Ice axe	82cm	Wood shaft, leather guard on head, brand appears to be Charlet-Moser (partially obscured by leather guard). Glide ring with canvas strap. Faint writing (possibly a name) on left side of shaft.	Archives, N3	Owned by Diane Altwein and donated by a friend.
MTR.2010.2	Ice axe	90cm	Wood shaft, Fritsch brand (Zurich), "AM" inscribed on shaft, glide ring with leather strap, spike has diamond cross-section.	Archives, N3	Owned by Harvey E. Moore (wife Ann), donated by nephew Chris Jacobsen. (Moore is said to have been a Mountaineers member from around 1909-40.)
MTR.2010.3	Ice axe	Shaft 95cm long. Head 30 cm long.	Wood shaft, head is stamped "Prima-Garantie, F. Ralling, Hemmerwerk, Fulpmes." Glide ring with canvas strap. On the left side of shaft near the head is very faint writing: "Harvey Moore, Mountaineers Club, Seattle." The inside of the strap has the same inscription.	On loan to WSSSM	Owned by Harvey E. Moore, donated by nephew Chris Jacobsen. (Moore is said to have been a Mountaineers member from around 1909-40.)
MTR.2014.3	Ice axe	95cm	Wood shaft, head is stamped "Super Conta, Charlet-Moser, Chamonix, Made in France." Glide ring with canvas strap.	De-accessioned	Circa 1960s, provenance unknown. This artifact was de-accessioned by Lowell Skoog. It was dismantled to be used as a tap handle at the celebration of Fred Beckey's life at the Mountaineers Program Center on 12/3/2017.
MTR.2014.14	Crampons	47	Grivel Brevetto 10-point crampons (pair), made in Courmayeur, Italy. No straps.	Archives, shelf N2, box 20141108.1	Size 47 is stamped on front piece.
MTR.2014.15	Crampons	39	Grivel Brevetto 12-point crampons (pair), made in Courmayeur, Italy. Crampons include leather straps.	Archives, shelf N2, box 20141108.1	Size 39 is stamped on top of front piece. Underside of front piece is stamped '7'. Underside of rear piece is stamped '4'.
MTR.2014.16	Crampon	41	Ralling 12-point crampon (single), made in Fulpmes, Austria. Crampon includes leather strap.	Archives, shelf N2, box 20141108.1	Size 41 is stamped on top of rear piece. Also stamped on rear piece: "F. Ralling, Schmiedewerkstatte, Fulpmes, Made In Austria". Strap is installed for use on the right foot.
MTR.2014.17	Crampon	3	10-point crampon with cloth strap.	Archives, shelf N2, box 20141108.1	Size 3 is stamped on top of center connecting piece. Curved open frame is redolent of a horseshoe.
MTR.2015.1	Ice axe	59cm	Petzl Sum'tec ice axe with curved aluminum shaft, adjustable trigger finger hand rest, replaceable re-curved pick.	On loan to WSSSM	Shaft has hairline crack near the head. (Should not be used for climbing.) Donated by Erik Turner.
MTR.2015.6	Ice axe	80cm	MSR Thunderbird ice axe with straight, orange-painted, aluminum shaft, chisel shaped "positive clearance" pick, and nylon wrist strap with glide ring.	On loan to WSSSM	Circa 1970s, donated by Greg Shaw.
MTR.2015.18	Snowshoes	10" wide by 56" long	Snowshoes, WWII 10th Mountain Division army design. Wood framed and stamped "U.S., C.A. Lund, Hastings, Minn." Also stamped "1942" and "10 x 56". Snowshoes have varnished rawhide webbing and leather bindings. (See binding detail.)	Archives, left of S1	Snowshoes were owned by Merrill Musgrave, born 1895 in Bellingham, WA and died 1982 in Everett, WA. Donated by Kathi Knowles whose grandmother was Merrill's first cousin.
MTR.2015.19	Crampons	45	Stubai (Austria) 10-point open-frame crampons (pair), with leather straps.	Archives, shelf N2, not in a box	Size 45 is stamped on rear piece. Each front leather strap is labeled "KEITH". Donated by Dave LeBlanc from one of his neighbors.
MTR.2016.6.1	Crampons	46	Grivel 12-point crampons (pair), made in Courmayeur, Italy. With canvas straps. Front straps on left crampon have been replaced by nylon cord. Front-left ring on right crampon also replaced by nylon cord.	Archives, N2, box 20161114.1	Crampons belonged to Don (Claunch) Gordon, donated by his Seattle neighbor Kevin Skiena.
MTR.2018.4	Crampons	"Size 12"	Swiss 10-point open-frame crampons (pair) with original canvas straps, purchased from REI co-op on Seattle's Pike Street in 1955.	Archives N2	Crampons donated by original owner, Paul Mecklenburg (REI #2332), who used them to climb all the Washington volcanoes, plus other peaks.
MTR.2019.2.4	Ice axe	94cm	Ralling ice axe ("Academ Pickel") made in Austria. Glide ring with canvas strap.	Lowell Skoog's house.	Belonged to Herb Belanger, Mountaineer member and former reporter and photo-journalist with the Seattle Times.
MTR.2019.2.5	Crampons	45	Grivel 10-point open-frame crampons (pair), made in Courmayeur, Italy. With canvas straps.	Lowell Skoog's house.	Belonged to Herb Belanger, Mountaineer member and former reporter and photo-journalist with the Seattle Times.
MTR.2024.3 and MTR.2024.4	Ice axes	90 cm and 55 cm	MSR Thunderbird ice axe (MTR.2024.3, left) and MSR Sumner ice axe (MTR.2024.4, right).	Archives, N3	Thunderbird axe is from an anonymous donor. Sumner ice axe donated by Lowell Skoog. The Sumner ice axe was found by Lowell Skoog and Stephanie Subak during a climb of Forbidden Peak, West Ridge, in July 1981.

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