- of
SLCDs revolutionized rock
climbing because it
meant that
parallel and
flaring cracks could be
easily protected. Furthermore,
unlike pitons,
SLCDs can...
- they
maintain a
static position throughout).
Active SLCD protection Spring-loaded
camming devices (
SLCDs, or "friends", "camalots")
consist of two to four...
-
SLCD may
stand for: Spring-loaded
camming device, a rock
climbing protection equipment Super LCD, a
display technology used by
numerous manufacturers for...
- is
noted for
inventing and
developing the spring-loaded
camming devices (
SLCDs, also
called "Friends") with the late Mark Vallance,
which revolutionized...
-
climbing protection in the 1970s—called spring-loaded
camming devices (
SLCDs, or "friends")—the
grades of
technical difficulty that
traditional climbers...
- in-situ
climbing protection equipment (e.g.
quickdraws on
bolted routes or
SLCDs on
traditional climbing routes), as a
source of aid in
ascending the climbing...
- name of Wild Country's spring-loaded
camming device (
SLCD) protection, and a
generic name for
SLCDs.
front pointing An ice
climbing technique that uses...
-
Lanyard PAC Nut
Copperhead Piton Portaledge Quickdraw SLDs
Grigri Revo
Sling SLCDs Camalot Shoes Tricam Ice and snow
Alpenstock Abalakov thread Bottled oxygen...
-
including p****ive
protection (e.g. nuts and hexes), and
active protection (e.g.
SLCDs).
Traditional climbing is much
riskier and more
physically demanding than...
- spring-loaded
camming devices (
SLCDs) but are
cheaper and lighter. Some
cracks and pods too
shallow to
protect with
SLCDs are
easily protected with tricams...
