- Top
rope climbing (or top
roping) is a form of rock
climbing where the
climber is
securely attached to a
climbing rope that runs
through a
fixed anchor...
- fall, they
cannot place any of
their weight on the
rope, and
hangdogging is not allowed. The
climber can have
attempted or
practised the
route many times...
- the
rope travels through it
quickly in a
specific direction. See auto belay.
abseiling A
technique by
which a
climber descends via a
fixed rope that...
- 'pay-out' the
rope as the 'lead
climber'
ascends but with
which they can lock the
rope if the 'lead
climber' falls. Once the 'lead
climber'
reaches the...
- and
creates tension on the
rope to
catch a
climber should he or she fall, and a
climber who
ascends the rock. The
first climber,
called the leader, will...
-
service centre to the
surrounding area. The town is
named after the
thorny rope climber Dalbergia armata (umHluhluwe in Zulu),
which is
found among the forest...
-
their belayer. The
technique is used by
climbers, mountaineers, cavers, canyoners,
search and
rescue and
rope access technicians to
descend cliffs or...
- rappelling.
Dynamic rope is used to
belay climbers, and is
designed to
stretch under a
heavy load to
absorb the
shock of a
fallen climber.
Dynamic ropes manufactured...
-
climbing rope, so that a
falling climber does not fall very far. A
climbing partner typically applies tension at the
other end of the
rope whenever the...
- one of the most
accomplished and
influential American big wall
climbers and aid
climbers of the 1950s to 1970s. He was the
leader of the
first team to...
