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In rock climbing, an anchor can be any device or method for attaching a climber, rope, or load to a climbing surface—typically rock, ice, steep dirt, or a building—either permanently or temporarily. The intention of an anchor is case-specific but is usually for fall protection, primarily fall arrest and fall restraint.
While bolts are commonplace in rock and gym climbing there is no universal vocabulary to describe them. Generally, a bolt hanger (or a fixed hanger) is a combination of a fixed bolt and a specialized stainless steel hanger designed to accept a carabiner, whereas in certain regions a bolt runner (or a carrot) describes a hangerless bolt (where the climber must provide their own hanger bracket ...
Locust Hill is an unincorporated community in Middlesex County, Virginia, United States. Locust Hill is located on Virginia State Route 33 4.6 miles (7.4 km) east of Saluda . Locust Hill has a post office with ZIP code 23092, which opened on March 20, 1852.
Given the smaller number of entries for multi-pitch and big wall routes, the sections below combine milestones for overall and female ascents. In some cases (e.g. the Salathé Wall and Dawn Wall), the first free ascent was by a climbing pair alternating leads, and in such instances, the first individual to free climb all the pitches is also ...
Rose Hill is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 20,226 at the 2010 census. [ 1 ] Built in the mid-1950s, Rose Hill is the largest of the subdivisions that make up the CDP, which is just southwest of Alexandria ; others include Wilton Woods, Burgundy Village, and Winslow Heights.
McGaheysville (/ m ə ˈ ɡ æ k i z v ɪ l / mə-GAK-eez-vil) is a Census-designated place located in Rockingham County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. [1] It is located along U.S. Route 33 between Penn Laird and Elkton, and sits at the base of the Massanutten.
The free climbing movement was an important development in the history of rock climbing. [3] In 1911, Austrian climber Paul Preuss started what became known as the Mauerhakenstreit (or "piton dispute"), by advocating for a transition to "free climbing" via a series of essays and articles in the German Alpine Journal where he defined "artificial aid" and proposed 6 rules of free climbing ...
ZIP code: 23225. Area code: 804: ISO 3166 code: 1: Forest Hill is a neighborhood located along the James River in Richmond, Virginia's Southside region. [1]