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11Wild Country (company) — Wild Country is a major manufacturer of rock climbing equipment, and is most noted for introducing the Friend , a spring loaded camming device. The company is based in Tideswell in the English Peak District, close to some of the UK s most popular …
12Hexcentric — Hexcentrics are items of rock climbing equipment used to protect climbers from injury during a fall. Hexcentrics, usually called hexes , are a type of nut, a hollow eccentric hexagonal prism with tapered ends, usually threaded with webbing, a… …
13Traditional climbing — Traditional climbing, or Trad climbing, is a style of climbing that emphasizesthe skills necessary for establishing routes in an exploratory fashion. Before the advent of sport climbing, the normal style of unaided rock climbing was what is now… …
14List of climbing topics — This is a list articles related to climbing and mountaineering.See also: * Glossary of climbing terms for climbing jargon. * List of climbers for people associated with climbing. * List of climbing areas for regions associated with… …
15Cam — A cam is a projecting part of a rotating wheel or shaft that strikes a lever at one or more points on its circular path. The cam can be a simple tooth, as is used to deliver pulses of power to a steam hammer, for example, or an eccentric disc or… …
16Anchor (climbing) — In rock climbing, an anchor can be any way of attaching the climber, the rope, or a load to rock, ice, steep dirt, or a building by either permanent or temporary means. The goal of an anchor depends on the type of climbing under consideration but …
17Cam (disambiguation) — A cam is a mechanical linkage which translates motion.Cam or CAM may also refer to:Abbreviations* Crassulacean acid metabolism, a water conserving metabolic process of most succulent plants * Camelopardalis, standard astronomical abbreviation * A …
18Friend — noun a) A Quaker; a member of the . See [ …
19cam — 1. noun [kæm/ a) A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it. b) A camming device, aspring loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice. 2 …
20Protection (climbing) — To make climbing as safe as possible, most climbers use protection to prevent injury to themselves and others. Types of climbingThere are a number of ways to protect a climb, varying according to the type of climbing:Lead climbingLead climbing is …
