A climbing shoe is a piece of foot wear that is specifically designed and worn for climbing. To increase the grip of the foot on a climbing wall or rock face due to friction, the shoe is covered with a rubber
Shoes
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A climbing shoe is a piece of foot wear that is specifically designed and worn for climbing. To increase the grip of the foot on a climbing wall or rock face due to friction, the shoe is covered with a rubber |
Harness
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A climbing harness is a piece of equipment used in certain types of rock-climbing, abseiling or other activities requiring the use of ropes to provide access and/or safety (eg industrial rope access, working at heights, etc.). A harness is used to secure a person to a piece of rope or an anchor point of some kind. |
Carabiner
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A carabiner is a metal loop with a sprung or screwed gateIt can quickly and reversibly connect components in safety-critical systems. |
Belay Devices:
ATC
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The ATC is a very popular proprietary design by Black Diamond. It is designed to facilitate slow and smooth feeding of the rope, and has a large surface area to dissipate heat away from the rope. These are significant improvements over the original Sticht plate but both devices are still used similarly. |
Figure of Eight
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It is an aluminium (or occasionally steel) "8" shaped device, but comes in several varieties. Its main advantage is efficient heat dissipation |
Gri-Gri
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A Gri-gri is a belay device that automatically locks the rope in the event of a fall. Gri-gri's reportedly give a harder catch than a regular belay device because they allow less rope slippage when catching a hard fall. |
Protection Devices:
Nuts
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A small block of metal attached to a loop of cord or wire. Nuts are used by simply wedging them into narrowing cracks in the rock, then giving them a tug to set them |
Hexcentrics
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Hexcentrics are a type of nut, a hollow eccentric hexagonal prism with tapered ends, usually threaded with tape |
Spring loaded camming devices
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It consists of 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. The SLCD is used by pulling on the "trigger" (a small handle) so the cams move together, then inserting it into a crack or pocket in the rock and releasing the trigger to allow the cams to expand |
Quickdraws
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Quickdraws consist of two snapgate carabiners connected by a short, pre-sewn loop of webbing. |