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I acquired three Look ascenders from Repetto Sport in 1982. This Look was made after C.A.M.P. adopted its new logo in 1977, but before C.A.M.P. terminated their working arrangement with Interalp in 1980.

The Look is a semi-mechanical ascender that works on single or double rope. It consists of a single forged aluminum plate with several holes and notches. Four small holes admit the 6 mm. sling rope that was provided with the Look. The standing ropes fit into the large notches, and a bight of sling rope passes around the standing line and hooks into the small notches. The larger holes are nonfunctional.

The Look can be rigged in well under five seconds, if you know how. When I bought these, I bought a third one to offer Bob Thrun (of Prusiking fame) if he could rig it in less than two minutes. I made sure that there were enough witnesses to make him nervous enough to lose, then let him keep the ascender anyhow.

The Look holds well enough to use, and the large plate makes it easy to move - simply grasp the standing line and slings with an open fist below the plate, and push up.

History

Blacksmith Nicola Codega founded C.A.M.P. in 1889 to produce wrought-iron goods. The company first entered the climbing equipment business in 1920 when Nicola's son Antonio started making ice axes for the Italian Army Alpine Corps. The firm continued to grow and was handed down through the family.

From about 1950 through 1976, C.A.M.P. used a diamopnd-shaped logo bearing "D CN & FD CAMP" for "Ditta Cogenda Nicol;a & Figli De Cogedga Antonio Metilde Premana.

In 1968, C.A.M.P. entrusted Robert Charles Maillot and his firm Interalp to distribute C.A.M.P. products outside Italy. These products bore both C.A.M.P. and INTERALP logos. Their relationship continued until 1980.

C.A.M.P. changed its name to "Construzione Articoli Montagna Premana" in 1972.

In 1977 C.A.M.P. started using a new logo with "CAMP" inside a rounded rectangle above a mountian.

C.A.M.P. introduced a new wolfs-head logo in 1992.

C.A.M.P. acquired Cassin in 1997.

In 2003 C.A.M.P. again changed the company name, this time to "Concezione Articoli Montagna Premana, and changed their logo to CAMP in italics.

C.A.M.P. introduced another new logo in 2022.