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91Whipper — In rock climbing, a whipper is an especially hard or dynamic fall where the rope is weighed by a significant load. A fall is considered hard when the climber falls beyond at least one piece of protection, which in trad climbing would mean the… …
92Anchor — For other uses, see Anchor (disambiguation). Ploudalmézeau, anchor of Amoco Cadiz An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, that is used to connect a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the vessel from drifting due to wind or… …
93Taut-line hitch — Names Taut line hitch, Adjustable hitch, Rigger s hitch, Midshipman s hitch, Tent line hitch, Tent hitch Category Hitch …
94Ween — For other uses, see Ween (disambiguation). Ween Ween live in Edmonton, November 2007 Background information Origin …
95Adjustable grip hitch — Knot details name= Adjustable grip hitch names= Adjustable hitch type= hitch strength= origin= related= Taut line hitch releasing= Non jamming uses= Keep slack in a rope. caveat= abok number= The adjustable grip hitch is a simple and useful hitch …
96On Horsemanship (Xenophon) — On Horsemanship (Ἱππαρχικὸς ἢ περὶ ἱππικῆς) written c. 350 BC by Xenophon is one of the earliest extant treatises on horsemanship in the Western world (the oldest is the one written by Kikkuli of the Indo Aryan Mitanni Kingdom). In it, Xenophon… …
97Johann Nepomuk Mälzel — Metronom von Johann Nepomuk Mälzel, Paris 1815 Johann Nepomuk Mälzel (* 15. August 1772 in Regensburg; † 21. Juli 1838 im Hafen von La Guaira, Venezuela) war Erfinder und Mechaniker, sowie Konstrukteur mechanischer Musikinstrumente …
98СЛАБИНА — (Slack, slackness, bight) обвислость, провисание, излишек нетуго натянутой снасти. Слабину выбрать (Haul in the bight of a rope) не тянуть снасть, а лишь подтянуть ее провисание, обтянуть слегка, что само поддается. Дать слабину (То slacken a… …
99On Horsemanship — is the English title usually given to Περὶ ἱππικῆς, peri hippikēs, one of the two treatises on horsemanship by the Athenian historian and soldier Xenophon (c. 430 – 354 BC). Other common titles for this work are De equis alendis and The Art of… …
100Schlaffseilschalter — Schlaffseilsicherung (f), Schlaffseilschalter (m) eng slack rope device, slack rope switch …
