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...
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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...
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A skipping rope or jump rope is a tool used in the sport of skipping/jump rope where one or more participants jump over a rope swung so that it passes...
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Tug of war (redirect from Rope pulling)
o' war, tug war, rope war, rope pulling, or tugging war) is a sport that pits two teams against each other in a test of strength: teams pull on opposite...
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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...
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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...
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Kernmantle rope (from German kern 'core' and mantel 'sheath') is rope constructed with its interior core protected by a woven exterior sheath designed...
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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...
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Forms of rope access Rope access or industrial climbing or commercial climbing, is a form of work positioning, initially developed from techniques used...
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Glossary of climbing terms (redirect from Rope drag)
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...
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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...
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Rope is a 1948 American psychological crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the 1929 play of the same title by Patrick Hamilton. The...
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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...
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Free solo climbing (redirect from Climbing without a rope)
climber carries a rope and some aid climbing equipment to overcome some of the most difficult sections. In addition, the term rope soloing is used for...
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being flown off the mountainside by helicopters. At least five distinct rope teams were involved in the collapse, which killed eleven mountaineers and injured...
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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 –...
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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...
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celebrations are interrupted by a weird discovery. Some of the team members find a seemingly endless rope that suddenly appears at the edge of the forest. Bernhardt...
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climbing rope, so that a falling climber does not fall very far. A climbing partner typically applies tension at the other end of the rope whenever the...
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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...
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parts will involve both climbers moving simultaneously together as a rope team, particularly on large snow slopes or easier rock sections. Simultaneous...
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Tightrope walking (redirect from Tight-rope walker)
walking, also called funambulism, is the skill of walking along a thin wire or rope. It has a long tradition in various countries and is commonly associated...
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without the assistance of a belayer (or "second") or being part of a rope team. By its very nature, solo climbing presents a higher degree of risk to...
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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...
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Rock-climbing equipment (section Rope connectors)
are a key part of the rock climbing history, starting with the climbing rope. Modern devices enable climbers to perform tasks previously done manually...
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Tree climbing (section Doubled-rope technique)
activity consisting of ascending and moving around in the crowns of trees. A rope, helmet, and harness can be used to increase the safety of the climber. Other...
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simul-climber will clip the rope into points of climbing protection as they ascend. Simul-climbing is different from a rope team (which can involve larger...
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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...
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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...
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