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The force on an anchor may be much greater than the weight of the climber. There are various mechanisms that contribute to excess force, including Direction of pull, or vector pulling; Fall factor (if a fall occurs) Stiffness (reduced elasticity) of the climbing rope and anchor materials; improper slippage through the belay device
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 ...
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Another former Chapel Hill Mall fixture, the old mall carousel, was donated by the Chapel Hill Business Park’s owner, Industrial Commercial Properties (ICP), to the city of Akron in 2021.
Despite its lack of defined rules and non-competitive nature, certain aspects of mountaineering have much of the trappings of an organized sport, with recognition of specific climbing activities – including climbing wall-based competition – by the International Olympic Committee; on a club level, the prominent international sport federation ...
900,000 square feet: Size of former Chapel Hill Mall 715,000 square feet: Size of the complex now owned by ICP at 2000 Brittain Road 60 acres: Land owned by ICP
Rolling Acres is a former shopping district in Akron, Ohio, surrounding the now-demolished Rolling Acres Mall. Planning for the area began in 1960s with Forest City Enterprises, a Cleveland real estate company and the powerful Buchholzer family, whose previous endeavors involved financing much of the Chapel Hill Mall area. Despite warnings by ...
Akron Zoo Egg-stra Wild Egg Hunt runs March 16-17, 23-24 and 30 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Akron Zoo, 500 Edgewood Ave. Tickets include egg hunt, treat bag and zoo admission. More info and ...