DCHP-3

climbing skins

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1958
Equipment includes a knapsack for food and extra clothing, and climbing skins--strips of fur or plush strapped to the bottom of the skiis. They give traction in climbing slopes that otherwise would have to be mounted in the arduous herring-bone or side-step.