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2. Lifeline (safety) - Wikipedia

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   Certified professionals should conduct inspections to ensure that anchor points, wire ropes, and other components meet OSHA and ANSI standards. [ 3 ] In simplest form, a land-based lifeline consists of a horizontal wire rope cable attached to two or more anchor points on a roof-top, crane runway, bridge or outdoor construction site, or any ...

3. Rock-climbing equipment - Wikipedia

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   Temporary protection devices (also known as pro, gear or the rack), provide the means to place temporary anchor points on the rock to which a lead climber can clip their rope (via a quickdraw) when traditional climbing; they also can be used for anchor points for belaying and abseiling.

4. Anchor (climbing) - Wikipedia

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   A load-sharing (or load-distributing) anchor is a system consisting of two or more individual anchors which join together at a main anchor point to form an anchoring system. This configuration is a way to introduce redundancy and increase strength, typically for a belay anchor.

5. Glossary of climbing terms - Wikipedia

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   A A-grade Also aid climbing grade. The technical difficulty grading system for aid climbing (both for "original" and an adapted version for "new wave"), which goes: A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 and up to A6 (for "new wave"). See C-grade. Abalakov thread Abalakov thread Also V-thread. A type of anchor used in abseiling especially in winter and in ice climbing. ABD Also assisted braking device. A term ...

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   A year later, no repairs have begun. The ongoing roof leak problems date back to at least May 2020, when prison officials estimated the cost of at least some needed repairs at $1.6 million.

7. Guy-wire - Wikipedia

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   The anchor must be adequate to resist the maximum tensile load of the guy wires; both the dead load of the tension of the wire and the maximum possible live load due to wind. Since the guy wire exerts its force at an angle, the anchor has both vertical and lateral (horizontal) forces on it.

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   President Biden took a departing jab at Trump, saying that what the president-elect did was a "genuine threat to democracy.". Ahead of the anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol ...