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  2. Anchor (climbing) - Wikipedia

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    In trad climbing belay stations, load-sharing anchors are often constructed from more than two individual anchors, which are rarely co-planar. In these cases, each individual anchor would feel a reduced force from the above values, but the best practice is to reduce the angle between the two outermost elements and avoid angles in excess of 120 ...

  3. List of climbing knots - Wikipedia

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    Bowline on a bight: Used for equalizing anchors. Stopper Knots Stevedore knot (also known as Double figure eight): The Stevedore knot is tied at the end of a rope to prevent the end from unraveling, slipping through another knot, or passing back through a hole, block, or belay/rappel device.

  4. Rock-climbing equipment - Wikipedia

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    Uses include creating friction prusik knots for ascending or gripping fixed climbing ropes, usually using thinner approximately 5–6 mm cord, or for attaching to, and equalizing forces across, multiple fixed anchors points, [15] such as when setting up abseil or belay anchors on multi-pitch climbing routes, usually using thicker approximately ...

  5. Sling (climbing) - Wikipedia

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    A sling is an item of climbing equipment consisting of a tied or sewn loop of webbing. These can be wrapped around sections of rock, hitched to other pieces of equipment, or tied directly to a tensioned line using a Prusik style knot. They may be used as anchors, to extend an anchor to reduce rope drag, in anchor equalization, or to climb a ...

  6. Category:Mountaineering equipment - Wikipedia

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    Climbing and mountaineering equipment companies (1 C, 63 P) Pages in category "Mountaineering equipment" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total.

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    Kate Beckinsale can do anything in her signature shoe.. In a new Instagram video shared on Dec. 19, the Serendipity star, 51, performed a balancing act while decorating her very festive (and very ...

  8. Piton - Wikipedia

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    1960s-era pitons, including: knifeblades, lost arrows, bugaboos, ring angles, and bongs. A piton (/ ˈ p iː t ɒ n /; also called pin or peg) in big wall climbing and in aid climbing is a metal spike (usually steel) that is driven into a crack or seam in the climbing surface using a climbing hammer, and which acts as an anchor for protecting the climber from falling or to assist progress in ...

  9. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    In 2001, an 18-year-old committed to a Texas boot camp operated by one of Slattery’s previous companies, Correctional Services Corp., came down with pneumonia and pleaded to see a doctor as he struggled to breathe. Guards accused the teen of faking it and forced him to do pushups in his own vomit, according to Texas law enforcement reports ...

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