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  2. Bouldering mat - Wikipedia

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    A bouldering mat or crashpad (also sketchpad) is a nylon-enclosed multi-layer foam pad used for protection when bouldering. Bouldering mats help prevent climbers from injuring themselves from the continuous and repeated falls onto hard or uneven surfaces that are associated with projecting a bouldering problem.

  3. Rock-climbing equipment - Wikipedia

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    Bouldering, and its competition bouldering variant, uses the same basic equipment of free soloing but with the optional addition of bouldering mats, which are also called crash mats or crash pads. Top rope climbing, and its competition speed climbing variant, adds a rope, harness, and belay device. The rope is hung prior to the climb from the ...

  4. Glossary of climbing terms - Wikipedia

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    A term in bouldering for touching the ground, crash pad, spotter, or hold from other route. [32] daisy chain Daisy chain A special-purpose type of sling with multiple sewn or tied loops, used in aid and big wall climbing. dead hang Dead hanging When a climber hangs limp, such that their weight is held by arm ligament tension rather than by muscles.

  5. Bouldering - Wikipedia

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    Bouldering is a form of rock climbing that is performed on small rock formations or artificial rock walls without the use of ropes or harnesses.While bouldering can be done without any equipment, most climbers use climbing shoes to help secure footholds, chalk to keep their hands dry and to provide a firmer grip, and bouldering mats to prevent injuries from falls.

  6. Competition climbing - Wikipedia

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    In competition bouldering, competitors climb short bouldering problems without a rope, with an emphasis on the number of problems completed, and the attempts necessary to do so. In competition speed climbing , competitors race-off in pairs on a standardised 'speed climbing wall' using a top rope on an auto belay , in the shortest time.

  7. List of California bouldering sites - Wikipedia

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    The granite from this quarry was used to build the State Capitol as well as parts of the Central Pacific Railway. About 10-20 good lines from VB to V-hard are concentrated into the main area with more on the surrounding boulders. Bouldering and even a little toprope climbing has been enjoyed here since at least the 1970s. [4] Santee Boulders ...

  8. Spotting (climbing) - Wikipedia

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    Spotters helping a climber on The Chube V2 (5+), in Joshua Tree. Spotting is a climbing technique that is used mostly in bouldering, where other climbers stand beneath an active climber on a route in order to break the impact of any fall, and to reduce the chance of an uncontrolled fall that could result in a serious head or back injury.

  9. Bouldering pad - Wikipedia

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