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Also Z-system. A particular configuration of rope, anchors, and pulleys typically used to extricate a climber after falling into a crevasse.
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An alternative to chalk made from pine resin. Popular in Fontainebleau but discouraged (or actively forbidden) everywhere else since it deposits a thick, shiny resin layer on the rock and friction can only be achieved by using more pof.
Industry:Sports
An alternative to the Prusik knot, useful when the climber is short of cord but has plenty of webbing.
Industry:Sports
An anchor method similar to a cordelette but that is dynamically equalizing. It employs a cord and a rappel ring.
Industry:Sports
An anchor which is created by connecting a closed loop of cord or webbing between two points of protection, and then suspending the rope from a carabiner clipped to only one strand of said anchor. This creates a triangular shape in the webbing or cord, which places massively multiplied inward forces on the protection, making it a dangerous, ineffective anchor.
Industry:Sports
An angled aluminium plate attached to a metal cable. The fluke is buried into snow, typically used as a deadman anchor.
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An area of large rock fragments on a mountainside that may vary from house-size to as small as a small backpack. The area, if older and consolidated, may be stable, or the rocks may be precariously balanced. Talus is distinguished from scree in that it is larger and may feature solid interlocking of the rocks, while scree is by definition loose.
Industry:Sports
An arrangement of one or (usually) more pieces of gear set up to support the weight of a belay or top rope.
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An entirely leg-supported resting position during climbing that does not require hands on the rock.
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