F205-12.165 - "Jim Hudson on the Camel's Head, 1924"

Jim Hudson is roped up as he climbs the Camel's Head in 1924. But any climbing instructor today would tell him to get down immediately. With a rope tied simply around his middle and no helmet or anchor points, he had every chance of being seriously injured if he fell. For early mountaineers though, he was not doing anything unusual. Times have definitely changed.

The rope here was also likely not even meant for his safety. Instead, once he reached the top he would have used it to support a less experienced climber by pulling in the rope as they climbed.

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Fonds 205

• Crown Mountain

Untitled album containing various collections of unrelated pictures, mostly of B.C.M.C. trips