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In rock climbing, an anchor can be any device or method for attaching a climber, rope, or load to a climbing surface—typically rock, ice, steep dirt, or a building—either permanently or temporarily. The intention of an anchor is case-specific but is usually for fall protection, primarily fall arrest and fall restraint.
Monte Fitz Roy (also known as Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, or simply Mount Fitz Roy) is a mountain in Patagonia, on the border between Argentina and Chile. [2] [3] [6] [4] [5] It is located in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, near El Chaltén village and Viedma Lake.
Peter Harding (1924–2007) UK, leading British traditional climbing pioneer of the 1940s; Warren J. Harding (1924–2002) US, first ascents of big wall aid climbing routes on El Capitan, first ascent The Nose (1958) Alison Hargreaves (1963–1995) UK, first solo of the 6 great north faces in one season; first female solo of Everest (1995)
Falkenstein, in Saxon Switzerland where routes above grade 6a (5.10a) were first climbed in 1906. [11]1848: Sebastian Abratzky [], a local chimney sweep, enters the hill-top Königstein Fortress by climbing a chimney in the sandstone plateau to avoid the entrance fee; this is now considered the first free climb in the Saxon Switzerland climbing region, and is today a climbing route called ...
While bolts are commonplace in rock and gym climbing there is no universal vocabulary to describe them. Generally, a bolt hanger (or a fixed hanger) is a combination of a fixed bolt and a specialized stainless steel hanger designed to accept a carabiner, whereas in certain regions a bolt runner (or a carrot) describes a hangerless bolt (where the climber must provide their own hanger bracket ...
In January 2008, Rolando Garibotti and Colin Haley made the first complete traverse of the entire massif, climbing Aguja Standhardt, Punta Herron, Torre Egger and Cerro Torre together. They rate their route at Grade VI 5.11 A1 WI6 Mushroom Ice 6 , with 2,200 m (7,200 ft) total vertical gain.
Specific training in alpine skills like off-piste skiing, avalanche awareness, rock climbing, ice climbing, mountain navigation & the proper use of mountain tools like ice ax, crampons, rope, climbing anchor systems, avalanche beacons, etc.; The ability to contact helicopters for remote ski mountaineering access or heli-skiing;
The American Death Triangle, also known as the "American Triangle", [1] "Triangle Anchor" [2] or simply the "Death Triangle", is a dangerous type of rock and ice climbing anchor infamous for both magnifying load forces on fixed anchors and lack of redundancy in attachment to the anchor.