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2. List of climbing and mountaineering equipment brands

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   The following is a list of notable brands and manufacturers of climbing and mountaineering equipment (including for all forms of rock climbing and of ice climbing), sorted by continent and by country.

3. Patagonia, Inc. - Wikipedia

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   Patagonia, Inc. is an American retailer of outdoor recreation clothing, equipment, and food. It was founded by Yvon Chouinard in 1973 and is based in Ventura, California . [ 4 ] Patagonia operates stores in more than 10 countries globally, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] as well as factories in 16 countries.

4. Mountain Locator Unit - Wikipedia

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   A Mountain Locator Unit or MLU was a radio transmitter for use by mountain climbers as an emergency locator beacon when the wearer needs rescue. The MLUs were simple radio beacons, and thus required search and rescuers to use traditional radio direction finding (RDF or DF) equipment to obtain a bearing , but not a precise location, to the beacon.

5. 5.11 Tactical - Wikipedia

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   5.11 started in Modesto, California, as a clothing line created by rock climber Royal Robbins.Upon reaching the top of a climb in Yosemite National Park, Robbins noticed that the pants he was wearing were not suited for climbing and decided that he needed to design something more durable and with better functionality.

6. Arc'teryx - Wikipedia

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   Arc'teryx maintains two divisions: Veilance, their luxury streetwear retailer and LEAF, their retailer of technical gear for law enforcement and military forces. The company is a major influence in the " gorpcore " and " normcore " fashion movements, the wearing of minimalist, technical apparel in urban settings.

7. Spring-loaded camming device - Wikipedia

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   A spring-loaded camming device (also SLCD, cam or friend) is a piece of rock climbing or mountaineering protection equipment. It consists of two, three, or four cams mounted on a common axle or two adjacent axles, so that pulling on the axle forces the cams to spread further apart. It is then attached to a sling and carabiner at the end of the ...