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2. Rock-climbing equipment - Wikipedia

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   Hooks are steel hooks of various shapes (e.g. bat hook, talon hook, grappling hook, etc.,) that are hung from cracks and flakes (e.g. the fifi hook and skyhook). They are mostly used in aid climbing but have been used in extreme traditional climbing routes as a last resort where the hook placement may not withstand a dynamic fall.

3. Grappling hook - Wikipedia

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   Ancient Japanese iron kaginawa climbing hook A chain grapnel – used to recover a cable from the seabed. A grappling hook or grapnel is a device that typically has multiple hooks (known as claws or flukes) attached to a rope or cable; it is thrown, dropped, sunk, projected, or fastened directly by hand to where at least one hook may catch and hold on to objects.

4. Fifi hook - Wikipedia

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   The fifi hook is a small question mark shaped piece of equipment used principally in aid climbing, [1] to quickly connect a climber to gear to take their weight. [2] It can also be useful for free climbing , alpinism , mixed climbing and ice climbing .

5. Kyoketsu-shoge - Wikipedia

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   The chain or cord, sometimes made from human hair or horsehair for strength and resiliency, could be used for climbing, ensnaring an enemy, binding an enemy and many such other uses. The long range of the weapon combined a cutting tool along with the capability to strike or entangle an enemy at what the user perceived to be a "safe" distance ...

6. Holubar Mountaineering - Wikipedia

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   Holubar manufactured many of its own products and offered high quality climbing and camping equipment and supplies for retail sale. Local design and manufacturing also lent itself to introducing a line of "sew-it-yourself" kits which became a popular, if short-lived, offering during the 1970s.

7. Anchor (climbing) - Wikipedia

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   An artificial climbing anchor consisting of a hex and two cams, equalized with slings. A snow picket . Depending on the surface being climbed, there are many types of protection that can be used to construct an anchor, including natural protection such as boulders and trees, or artificial protection such as cams , nuts , bolts or pitons .