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A sling is an item of climbing equipment consisting of a tied or sewn loop of webbing. These can be wrapped around sections of rock, hitched to other pieces of equipment, or tied directly to a tensioned line using a Prusik style knot.
Sling (rigging) – Rope, webbing, wire or chain used to support a load for lifting; Rope splicing – Semi-permanent joint between two ropes; Tackle – System of two or more pulleys and a rope or cable; Tirfor – Device for pulling cable; Tugger (rigging) Turnbuckle – Device for adjusting the tension or length of ropes or cables; Turning block
The creek has one named tributary, which is known as Little Butler Creek, and is not designated as an impaired waterbody. The creek's valley is a "beaded valley", at least in its upper reaches, and has thick deposits of till in its valley. The headwaters of Butler Creek are in a lake known as Butler Lake. A number of bridges have also been ...
A sling or Prusik-dedicated sewn loop can also be used. A short piece of rope spliced to form a circle is called a becket. [5] Note that Dyneema/Spectra has a very low melting point and should not be used in Prusik hitches unless the cord or sling is specifically engineered for it (as seen in some sheathed constructions). The length of this ...
Butler Creek may refer to the following streams: Butler Creek (Elk River tributary) , Arkansas and Missouri Butler Creek (White River tributary) , Arkansas and Missouri
Deer Creek is a stream in northwestern Benton County, Arkansas and southwestern McDonald County, Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of Butler Creek . The stream headwaters are in Arkansas east-northeast of Sulphur Springs at an elevation of about 1,200 feet (370 m) ( 36°29′24″N 94°24′07″W / 36.49000°N 94.40194°W / 36.49000 ...
Muddy Creek is a tributary of Slippery Rock Creek in Butler and Lawrence Counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. [5] The run is 23.2 miles (37.3 km) long, flows generally west, and its watershed is 58.2 square miles (150.7 km 2) in area. [6] Muddy Creek is the main water source for Lake Arthur in Moraine State Park.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Deer Creek is a tributary of the Allegheny River located in both Allegheny and Butler counties in the U.S ...