Rock Climbing Guide

Doesn’t stretch

Static Rope

Uses for static rope

haul line, flying squirrel, team beams, disabled pulley, pamper jump

Stretches

Dynamic rope

Brighter, more colorful

Static rope

Belayers on the bottom, anchor on top

Tope rope climb

Anchor on different points on the wall made by climber

Lead climbing

Needed when going upside down

Chest Harness

Controlling your own desent

Rappelling

Super eight, safety eight

gear for rappelling

Strongest way to tie 2 pieces of webbing

Water knot

Shortens the rope

Daisy Chain

Universally accepted knot

Figure 8 retrace

Easy to use, has 2 bites, quick on the draw, safe

super 8

Needed when tail exceeds 6 inches

Stopper knot

Light, colorful

Aluminum carabiners

Heavy, safe, wear resistant

Steel carabiner

Rope in across the minor axis and on the gate

Cross loading

225 lbs of force

1 kn

Kilonewton. The force the carabiner can withstand

Kn

Locks by twisting bail of device

Screw gate

Only need one for safe climbs

Tri locking

Crossloading weakens force by

1/3

Taxi climbers on ropes course at this point

Middle

Climbing one color of rock

Climbing a route

Using no footholds while climbing

Friction

Jumping while climbing

Dyno

Super 8 has this many strands

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