Examples of rope teams A rope team (sometimes also called moving together) is a climbing technique where two or more climbers who are attached to a single...

Team roping also known as heading and heeling is a rodeo event that features a steer (typically a Corriente) and two mounted riders. The first roper is...

Abseiling (/ˈæbseɪl/ AB-sayl or /ˈɑːpzaɪl/ AHP-zyle; from German abseilen 'to rope down'), also known as rappelling (/ˈræpɛl/ RAP-pell or /rəˈpɛl/ rə-PELL;...

A skipping rope (or jump rope) is a tool used in a sport involving rhythmic jumping over a rope swung underfoot and overhead. The activity, practiced both...

Kernmantle rope (from German Kern 'core' and Mantel 'sheath') is rope constructed with its interior core protected by a woven exterior sheath designed...

Top rope climbing (or top roping) is a form of rock climbing where the climber is securely attached to a climbing rope that runs through a fixed anchor...

It is typically encountered by rope teams on glaciers. When a climber falls into a crevasse, ideally the other rope team member(s) react quickly and self-arrest...

of Double Dutch jump rope on board the cruise liner. Jamin Brophy-Warren (9 November 2007). "Bested by Japan, A Jump-Rope Team Plots a Comeback". WSJ...

danger of falling into a crevasse can be minimized by roping together multiple climbers into a rope team,: 340  and the use of friction knots. Bergschrund –...

parts will involve both climbers moving simultaneously together as a rope team, particularly on large snow slopes or easier rock sections. Simultaneous...

o' war, tug war, rope war, rope pulling, or tugging war) is a sport in which two teams compete by pulling on opposite ends of a rope, with the goal of...

Teams of climbers may choose to attach everyone together with a rope, to form a rope team. The team may then secure themselves by attaching the rope to...

Teams must solve a puzzle then hold up all of their unravelled rope for five minutes. If any rope touches the ground, the time resets. The first team...

the rope travels through it quickly in a specific direction. See auto belay. abseiling A technique by which a climber descends via a fixed rope that...

the climber carries a rope and some aid climbing equipment to overcome the most difficult sections. In addition, the term rope soloing is used for any...

being flown off the mountainside by helicopters. At least five distinct rope teams were involved in the collapse, which killed eleven mountaineers and injured...

Examples of fixed rope climbing In climbing and mountaineering, a fixed-rope (or fixed-line) is the practice of installing networks of in-situ anchored...

such as in couloirs (particularly ice-covered), and on glaciers where a rope team member falling into a crevasse is about to drag the other members into...

Forms of rope access Rope access or industrial climbing or commercial climbing, is a form of work positioning, initially developed from techniques used...

without the assistance of a belayer (or "second"), or being part of any rope team. By its very nature, solo climbing presents a higher degree of risk to...

the first 8a I ever did and now 15 years later it's my first 8a without a rope[...]". facebook.com. Archived from the original on Jun 16, 2019. Björn Pohl...

static rope is a low-elongation rope that is designed to stretch minimally when placed under load, typically less than 5%. In contrast, a dynamic rope is...

Rope-solo climbing or rope-soloing (or self-belaying) is a form of solo climbing (i.e. performed alone without a climbing partner), but unlike with free...

A climbing rope is a rope that is used in climbing. It is a critical part of an extensive chain of protective equipment (which also includes climbing harnesses...

following events: tie-down roping, team roping, steer wrestling, saddle bronc riding, bareback bronc riding, bull riding, breakaway roping, and barrel racing...

first free ascents on bolted routes are not advocated. Free solo climbing Rope solo climbing Solo climbing "Free climbing". Cambridge Dictionary. 2023....

bergshrund) is also very dangerous, and even more so when attempted as a rope team. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Glissading. Crevasse rescue Self...

are a key part of the rock climbing history, starting with the climbing rope. Modern devices enable climbers to perform tasks previously done manually...

Löwenbach and Jakob Oberhollenzer on 25 August 1899, an ice axe broke and the rope team fell into a bergschrund. Purtscheller was injured and he was transferred...

dangerous of mountaineering activities. As soon as an ascent involves a rope, going up or down, it is no longer a scramble. Alpine scrambling is scrambling...