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2. Climbing harness - Wikipedia

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   A climbing harness is a piece of equipment that allows a climber to tie in to the safety of a rope. [1] It is used in rock and ice climbing, abseiling , and lowering; this is in contrast to other activities requiring ropes for access or safety such as industrial rope work (such as window cleaning), construction, and rescue and recovery, which ...

3. Rock-climbing equipment - Wikipedia

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   Examples include minimal "sit" harnesses for sport climbing as they require little in the way of gear-carrying loops, lightweight and detachable leg-loop harnesses for alpine climbing that fit around heaving winter clothing, padded harnesses for big wall climbing that give comfort for hanging belays and abseils, and chest/full-body harnesses ...

4. 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 ...

5. Self-locking device - Wikipedia

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   A big improvement over the Gibbs-style type 1 ascender was the design of the Wren Industries "Soloist" – the device incorporates a floating cam that is activated by the relative position of the rope to the device frame, with the frame secured between a user's sit harness and a chest harness.

6. Climbing equipment - Wikipedia

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   Climbing equipment refers to a broad range of manufactured gear that is used in the activity or sport of climbing. [1] Notable groups include: Alpine climbing equipment as is used in alpine climbing and mountaineering; Deep-water soloing equipment as is used in deep-water soloing; Ice climbing equipment as is used in ice climbing and mixed climbing

7. Single-rope technique - Wikipedia

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   Sit-stand systems (also known as frog rig) - one ascender is at chest level attached to the sit harness, and a second is held in the hand with a long loop of rope for the feet. Movement up the rope is by repeated moving of the foot loop ascender up the rope, pushing up with both feet together, and sitting, supported by the chest ascender.