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2. Rock-climbing equipment - Wikipedia

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   Rock-climbing equipment varies with the specific type of climbing that is undertaken. Bouldering needs the least equipment outside of climbing shoes, climbing chalk and optional crash pads. Sport climbing adds ropes, harnesses, belay devices, and quickdraws to clip into pre-drilled bolts. Traditional climbing adds the need to carry a "rack" of ...

3. Prusik knot - Wikipedia

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   ABoK. #1763. A Prusik (/ ˈprʌsɪk / PRUSS-ik) is a friction hitch or knot used to attach a loop of cord around a rope, applied in climbing, canyoneering, mountaineering, caving, rope rescue, ziplining, and by arborists. The term Prusik is a name for both the loops of cord used to tie the hitch and the hitch itself, and the verb is "to prusik ...

4. All-purpose lightweight individual carrying equipment - Wikipedia

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   Buckles and straps at each side near the bottom are used for anchoring the field pack to the field pack frame. Two rectangular wire loops located at the top back of the field pack and D rings on each side at the bottom of the field pack are used to provide shoulder strap attachment when the field pack is carried without the field pack frame.

5. M-1956 load-carrying equipment - Wikipedia

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   The M-1956 load-carrying equipment (LCE), also known as the individual load-carrying equipment (ILCE), was developed by the U.S. Army and first issued in the early 1960s. [1] The M-1956 LCE was designed to replace the M-1945 Combat Pack, the M-1923 cartridge belt, the M-1936 pistol belt and the M-1937 BAR magazine belt.

6. Hitch (knot) - Wikipedia

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   A knot which traditionally uses a continuous loop of strap to form a cow hitch around an object in order to hoist or lower it. Barrel hitch: The "barrel hitch" and "barrel sling," named for their use in hoisting cargo aboard ships, are a simple yet effective way to suspend an object. Becket hitch: Any hitch that is made on an eye loop, i.e., on ...

7. Glossary of climbing terms - Wikipedia

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   A small protection nut on a wire for tiny cracks with marginal holding power; named after Roland Pauligk. [2] runner 1. In the US, a sling is made from nylon-blend materials, used by climbers for a multitude of purposes. [1] 2. In the UK, any item of protection placed by the lead climber to reduce the length of a fall. [2] runout