Either Climb or Climber magazine published an article on Brain Davison and Simon Richardson's Ben Nevis Girdle, which was available online, I had a copy on an old defunct computer.
Anyone got a copy or a link please, my google skills are failing me
A quick scrape on google revealed reference to a Brian Davidson article on this, in the 2007 SMC journal. Shouldn't be too hard to find in print at least. You've got me interested too...