A climbing harness is a piece of equipment that allows a climber to tie in to the safety of a rope. It is used in rock and ice climbing, abseiling, and...
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Bondage harness Child harness Climbing harness Dog harness Pet harness Five-point harness Horse harness Parrot harness Safety harness Windsurfing harness The...
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equipment outside of climbing shoes, climbing chalk and optional crash pads. Sport climbing adds ropes, harnesses, belay devices, and quickdraws to clip...
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safety harness is not to be confused with a climbing harness used for mountaineering, rock climbing, and climbing gyms. Specialized harnesses for animal...
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Glossary of climbing terms relates to rock climbing (including aid climbing, lead climbing, bouldering, and competition climbing), mountaineering, and...
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Lead climbing (or leading) is a technique in rock climbing where the 'lead climber' clips their rope to the climbing protection as they ascend a pitch...
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Marty Hoey (category Climbing biography stubs)
edge of the Great Couloir to her death, as the result of an unsecured climbing harness. She had scaled Washington's Mount Rainier over 100 times, and led...
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Rock climbing is a climbing sports discipline that involves ascending routes consisting of natural rock in an outdoor environment, or on artificial resin...
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feet. Climbing, Climb or The climb may also refer to: Climbing equipment, and the related items such as: Climbing harness Climbing rope Climbing shoe Climbing...
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(sometimes just referred to as an 8) is used in conjunction with a climbing harness and locking carabiner to control a belayed climber's descent, or one's...
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Abseiling (category Climbing techniques)
fashion, under load, with minimal effort by the person controlling it. Climbing harness: Fixed around the waist or whole body used to secure the descender...
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Tree climbing is a recreational or functional activity consisting of ascending and moving around in the crowns of trees. A rope, helmet, and harness can...
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Sawanobori (redirect from Stream climbing)
Although people used to climb with waraji (straw shoes), commonly used gear now includes special shoes with a felt sole, a climbing harness, a helmet, and ropes...
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Dülfersitz (category Climbing techniques)
The advantages of the Dülfersitz are that one can descend without a climbing harness or belay device, and because the rope is not kinked or subjected to...
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contact with abrasive surfaces. To ensure safety, most highliners wear a climbing harness or swami belt with a leash attached to the slackline itself. Leash-less...
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incredibly difficult time simply trying to dress himself. He put his climbing harness on inside out, threaded it through the fly of his wind suit, and failed...
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chairs incorporate safety devices similar to those found in rock climbing harnesses such as safety clips and additional lines. In addition to the maritime...
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Suspension trauma (redirect from Harness hang syndrome)
or caused by the harness itself, climbing medicine authorities have argued against the terminology of suspension trauma or harness hang syndrome and...
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walking on a glacier with special equipment, such as crampons, rope, climbing harness, helmet and ice axe, so that to some degree it resembles mountaineering...
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A climbing gym is a gym dedicated to indoor climbing. Climbing gyms have climbing walls that can be used for leading, top roping, and bouldering. They...
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many types of knots that are commonly used in the pursuit of rock climbing, ice climbing, and general mountaineering, the most popular of which are listed...
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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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failure of the belay loop of his climbing harness. Jim Hewett, a friend of Skinner, had previously observed that the harness appeared worn. 1985 – The Gunfighter...
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they are used in aid climbing, where aids to ascending and weighting "protection" to assist elevation gain is allowed. The climbing verb "to jumar" means...
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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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Deep-water soloing (category Types of climbing)
was one of the hardest climbing routes in the world. DWS uses the sport climbing grading systems (mostly French sport climbing grades) with an additional...
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consistently risen in all forms of climbing, helped by improvements in climbing technique and equipment. In free climbing (i.e. climbing rock routes with no aid)...
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Butterfly loop (category Climbing knots)
knots chapter written by Drew!) The loop is typically attached to a climbing harness by 2 carabiners together with gates to opposite sides from each other...
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Belaying (redirect from Belay (climbing))
In climbing and mountaineering, belaying comprises techniques used to create friction within a climbing protection system, particularly on a climbing rope...
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Figure-eight knot (category Climbing knots)
used in prusik climbing when used in conjunction with a climbing harness, a climbing rope, and locking carabiner designed for climbing, to ascend or descend...
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