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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. Spring-loaded camming device - Wikipedia

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   A spring-loaded camming device (also SLCD, cam or friend) is a piece of rock climbing or mountaineering protection equipment. It consists of two, three, or four cams mounted on a common axle or two adjacent axles, so that pulling on the axle forces the cams to spread further apart.

4. Portaledge - Wikipedia

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   A portaledge is a deployable hanging tent system designed for rock climbers who need to spend multiple days and nights on a climbing route suspended from a sheer rock face while big wall climbing. A fully assembled portaledge is a fabric-covered platform surrounded by a metal frame that hangs from a single anchor point via carabiners and has ...

5. List of grade milestones in rock climbing - Wikipedia

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   The Nose (870-metres, 31-pitches) – El Capitan, Yosemite (USA) – 1993 – Second multi-pitch at 5.14a (8b+), [191] by Lynn Hill (partnered by Brooke Sandahl); the big-wall free climb is considered as one of the most important ascents in rock climbing history, and also a major milestone in female rock climbing; in 1994, Hill repeated it in ...

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. Grade (climbing) - Wikipedia

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   Adam Ondra on the sport climbing route Silence, the hardest free climbing route in the world and the first-ever at 9c (French), 5.15d (American YDS), and XII+ (UIAA).. The two main free climbing grading systems (which include the two main free climbing disciplines of sport climbing and traditional climbing) are the "French numerical system" and the "American YDS system". [2]

8. Climbing guidebook - Wikipedia

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   Topo image of the cliff Toix Est in Costa Blanca in Spain, by climber Chris Craggs from a Rockfax guidebook. Before discussing individual routes, a climbing guidebook will outline the history and current status of climbing ethics applicable for the location including for example whether the use of bolts for sport climbing is allowed, and other local customs (e.g. use if non-clean aid climbing ...

9. Traverse (climbing) - Wikipedia

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   In climbing and mountaineering, a traverse is a section of a climbing route where the climber moves laterally (or horizontally), as opposed to in an upward direction. The term has broad application, and its use can range from describing a brief section of lateral movement on a pitch of a climbing route, to large multi-pitch climbing routes that almost entirely consist of lateral movement such ...