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2. Nut (climbing) - Wikipedia

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   Two sets of nuts with a removal tool between them. In rock climbing, a nut (or chock or chockstone or wire for the smallest versions) is a metal wedge threaded on a wire that climbers use for protection by wedging it into a crack in the rock. Quickdraws are clipped to the nut wire by the ascending climber and the rope threads through the ...

3. 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 ...

4. Hex (climbing) - Wikipedia

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   Most commonly, a carabiner will be used to join the hex to the climbing rope by means of a loop of webbing, cord or a cable which is part of the hex. Hexes are a type of nut, a hollow eccentric hexagonal prism with tapered ends, usually threaded with webbing, a swaged cable, or a cord. They are manufactured by several firms, with a range of ...

5. Clean climbing - Wikipedia

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   These were replaced by the use of machine nuts in England during the 1950s. In 1961, John Brailsford of Sheffield, England, reportedly was the first to manufacture nuts specifically for climbing. [2] Rock scarring caused by pitons was an important impetus for the emergence of the term, and the initial reason climbers largely abandoned pitons.

6. Category:Climbing terminology - Wikipedia

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   T. Topo (climbing) This page was last edited on 19 October 2024, at 10:07 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License ...

7. Rock-climbing equipment - Wikipedia

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   Nut tool (or "nut key") is a metal tool used to help retrieve nuts and hexes that have become firmly wedged into cracks. [43] Portaledges are used in big wall climbing as a temporary overnight sleeping platform; they are also used as a resting platform for long belays, which are typical on big wall aid climbing routes. [44]