In reply to routabout:
Wow. That sounds like the sort of thing the Mountain Heritage Trust might be interested in.
https://www.mountain-heritage.org/
edit to add:
If you 'do' Facebook, they have a page there: https://www.facebook.com/MountainHeritageTrust/
I'm not entirely sure, but I think I saw a post there a while back saying they were particularly interested in collecting items of vintage equipment they can allow people to handle. (As opposed to 'precious things' that need keeping in a glass case.)
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