A hazardous mistake of clipping the rope into a quickdraw so the leader's end runs underneath the quickdraw as opposed to over the top of it; if the leader falls, the rope may fold directly over the gate, causing it to open and fail.
A type of anchor used in abseiling especially in winter and in ice climbing.
Type of protection that dynamically changes to absorb the shape and strength of a fall; active prote...
A dangerous anchor that is created by connecting a closed loop of webbing between two points of prot...
An arrangement of one or more pieces of fixed protection set up to support the weight of a belay, a...
The person belaying the lead climber, also known as a second.