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    A Petzl Stop is a descender used primarily in caving and formerly used for industrial rope access made by the French company Petzl. The Stop is for use...
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  • processing Door stop Petzl Stop, a descender used in caving Train stop, a train protection device Stop sign, a traffic signal Full stop (full point, period)...
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    There are two main types of descender – a bobbin descender such as the Petzl Stop, and a rack descender, favoured in parts of the US for its smooth descent...
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    forms of friction brake to control speed. The most commonly used are the Petzl Stop (self-locking) and Bobbin, and rappel racks. For safe single-rope technique...
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    as GriGri or GRIGRI) is an assisted braking belay device manufactured by Petzl designed to help secure rock-climbing, rappelling, and rope-acrobatic activities...
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    the braking mechanism, modified belay techniques are widely used, though Petzl, the device's manufacturer, has approved only certain techniques for instructing...
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    the "High Vertical Recognition" as the most-visited zip-line park from Petzl. In 2017, Xplor earned "Best Adventure Park in the World" status from the...
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    to describe a progress capture device or a self-locking device such as a Petzl GriGri that immediately locks if the rope travels through it quickly in...
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    website discovered the "unusual activity" on August 11 and were able to stop it by August 19. The breach compromised 194,905 customer accounts. In March...
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    Seven Wise Men' in the 3rd c. B.C.". The Classical Bulletin. 63 (3): 67–76. Petzl, Georg (2017). "Philosophical Stones". In Perilli, L.; Taormina, D. P. (eds...
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    France, three of the four podium girls were students. One woman, Elisabeth Petzl, was a doctoral candidate in political science who could speak four languages...
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    secured by a ring constrained to slide a limited distance on the shaft. Leash stop – a rubber keeper or metal stud preventing the leash from slipping off of...
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    Bondage". KYNK 101. Retrieved 15 October 2024. "Harness Induced Pathology". Petzl Work/Rescue Catalog. Federation Francaise de Speleologie. 1997. Archived...
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  • beyond what was at the time considered technically possible. With Fernand Petzl, Charles Petit-Didier and others, Chevalier completed explorations that...
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  • id=MY0PAQAAQBAJ&dq=sistema+Cheve&pg=RA1-PA270 Article title[usurped] https://www.petzl.com/apex/Web_NewsDetail?animationId=a7Cw0000000PBj3EAG&l=gb&language=en...
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    from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019. "Fondation Petzl". Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020...
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    Goldman GH, Abe-Sandes K, Rodriguez-Delfin L, Barbosa M, Paçó-Larson ML, Petzl-Erler ML, Valente V, Santos SE, Zago MA (July 2002). "Mitochondrial genome...
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    world's leading free climbers, took direct action to preserve the rock. He stopped carrying any pitons, not only on established climbs but also on his trailblazing...
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  • on Facebook and Facebook's photo-sharing app, Instagram, as part of the "Stop Hate for Profit" campaign, which some U.S. civil rights organizations launched...
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    sold to Rab in 2011, and in 2014 it was announced that Lowe Alpine would stop making clothing. McHale, John (2014-05-30). "Lowe Alpine clothing production...
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    William; Barrantes, Ramiro; Bortolini, Maria Cátira; Salzano, Francisco M; Petzl-Erler, Maria Luiza; Tsuneto, Luiza T; Llop, Elena; Rothhammer, Francisco;...
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    Retrieved 22 November 2018. "Scientific exploration in Papuan karsts". www.petzl.com. November 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2019. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta...
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    closed-ended and went from Grade I (easiest) up to Grade VI (hardest), where it stopped. In 1978, the "seventh grade" was added—though climbers had been climbing...
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    climber instead uses a self-belay device and rope system that automatically stops the rope in the event of a fall. In a normal lead climbing system, the lead...
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    you can actually do it. It's an unavoidable rule. Do it the hard way and stop lying to yourself. When you come for training, you have to train. Even if...
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    Swapan; Bortolini, Maria Cátira; Chennagiri, Niru; Hünemeier, Tábita; Petzl-Erler, Maria Luiza; Salzano, Francisco Mauro; Patterson, Nick; Reich, David...
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    used for detecting false starts. Hitting a button at the top of the wall stops the timer. The climber is secured by an auto-belay device. Two competitors...
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    Explorersweb.com. September 2017. Many people who climb Cho Oyu in Tibet stop at a set of prayer flags with views of Everest and believe they’ve reached...
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    a rope that runs from a climber to another person (the belayer) who can stop the climber's fall. In the modern day, most climbers use a variety of gear...
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    enormous kinetic energy. This energy is released as soon as the climber stops falling. Some of this energy goes to the belay chain, the rest is split...
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