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How to rig a haul bag so I can move it up/down while midair?
I have a fixed vertical line that can be ascended/descended. I need a bag (a bucket with tools, actually) when I'm hanging mid-air, and need to move it up/down. The bag is over 20 lbs / 10 kg so I ...
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Redundancy in rappel systems
What is the simplest setup for rappelling that is fully redundant?
The most common system seems to be rappelling off of both strands of a rope passing through two rappel rings on separate anchors. ...
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What are the components of a good climbing kit for recreational tree climbing?
I've enjoyed climbing and cutting trees for many years. I now want to go to higher levels, but safety is a primary concern, because I am afraid of heights.
I'm about to order gear for recreational ...
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Can an overhand loop be used to shorten nylon webbing as a personal anchor?
Is it safe to girth-hitch nylon webbing through my harness tie-in points and then shorten the webbing via an overhand loop (assume it is too long) and clipping the non-bight part to the bolt in the ...
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Is it safe to use a nylon climbing runner/webbing that has a small fray?
I have a 120cm nylon runner that I want to use to tether me to an anchor bolt while cleaning the anchor. The runner has a small fray (pictures below). Is it safe to use?
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What's the proper way to establish a triaxial connection with carabiners?
I love free climbing but have never climbed with ropes. While reading through this question, I realized I would never have thought of these scenarios, but due to the answers on that post, the physics ...
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Is amsteel blue appropriate for a use as a runner? [duplicate]
Would amsteel blue rope be appropriate for use in anchor building for climbing or mountaineering? I expect it's not very abrasion resistant so it wouldn't be good up against some rock or an edge. But ...
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Lowering other members of a party on belay after rappelling
I, an experienced climber who knows how to rappel, would like to take some people on a scramble route that requires rappelling into a notch. The other people on the trip have standard top rope ...
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Extending a two bolt anchor with one sling?
I took some kids out climbing last night at a small crag popular for top roping, but I wasn't too impressed with their choice of anchor placements, or lack of additional hardware considering their ...
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Is this anchor set up right?
I was just looking at an article about an expedition on Eiger.
I came across this picture.
Is this setup right?
For more info on the expedition: http://www.markseaton.com/stories/eiger.htm
Kudos ...
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What is an equalette anchor?
When setting up belay there are many ways to connect the anchors. One way is called equalette and is supposed to adapt to a certain extent to the direction of pull.
How is such an equalette ...
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How should I choose between setting up a Cordelette or an Equalette climbing anchor?
I was going through anchoring techniques and I came across this well-received question:
Anchor without cordelette?
How should one decide when to go for a Cordelette or an Equalette?
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