belayer

Abalakov thread

A type of anchor used in abseiling especially in winter and in ice climbing.

active protection

Type of protection that dynamically changes to absorb the shape and strength of a fall; active prote...

American death triangle

A dangerous anchor that is created by connecting a closed loop of webbing between two points of prot...

anchor

An arrangement of one or more pieces of fixed protection set up to support the weight of a belay, a...

back-clipping

A hazardous mistake of clipping the rope into a quickdraw so the leader's end runs underneath the qu...