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2. Metolius Climbing - Wikipedia

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   Metolius cams from 1990's. Nut Tool - Metolius Extractor Metolius Rock Rings. Metolius Climbing is an American rock climbing gear manufacturer. Named after the Metolius River in Oregon, USA, it is headquartered in the city of Bend, Oregon. The company was started in 1983 by Doug Philips in his garage.

3. Climbing harness - Wikipedia

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   Sit harness. 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 use safety harnesses instead.

4. Rock-climbing equipment - Wikipedia

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   Rock-climbing equipment is broadly classed as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). [7] The International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (known as the UIAA) was an important early body—and the only body pre-1995—in setting standards for climbing equipment. The UIAA Safety Commission continues to play a central worldwide role in this ...

5. Figure 8 (climbing) - Wikipedia

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   This device utilizes a large surface area in contact with a climbing rope to provide sufficient friction along with the proper technique to be used as a belay device or for rappelling. A figure 8 (sometimes just referred to as an 8) is used in conjunction with a climbing harness and locking carabiner to control a belayed climber's descent, or ...

6. Metolius - Wikipedia

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   Metolius is the name of a river in Oregon, USA, the Metolius River. It may also refer to: Metolius Climbing, an American rock climbing gear manufacturer; Metolius, Oregon, a city in that state named for the river; Metolius Springs, the headwaters of the Metolius River

7. Channel 8 (Singaporean TV channel) - Wikipedia

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   Channel 8 (Chinese: 8頻道) is a Singaporean Mandarin-language free-to-air terrestrial television channel in Singapore, owned by state media conglomerate Mediacorp. The channel broadcasts general entertainment and news programming in the Mandarin language, including original and imported programming.