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This tag should be used for all questions about the activity rock climbing, books, gear and accessories used or necessary to do rock climbing. The term Rock Climbing is an activity in which participants climb up, down or across natural rock formations or artificial rock walls.
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Climbing: fear/panic on boulder wall
Generally speaking fear is an appropriate and healthy response to many of the situations you will find yourself in while rock climbing. Learning how to control, overcome, and even benefit from that fe …
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Do mountaineers use dynamic climbing when traversing rock/ice?
So this isn't the type of dynamic climbing you'd see in a bouldering problem, but one "dynamic" climbing technique that I could see being used on a mountaineering route is a pendulum. This is pretty m …
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Is belaying with a hip belay unsafe?
Here is a tidbit from Climbing Magazine:
Hey, 35 isn’t old! It’s definitely not old enough to use hip belays by default, since the first belay devices came out in 1970. The hip belay is a good techni …
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Abandoning a multi pitch climb
The answer in my mind is simple and straight forward. Leave the minimum amount of gear required to make a good/acceptable anchor everytime. What that looks like will depend on the situation at hand.
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What do I do if I lose my belay plate?
Climbing Magazine has an article about this situation. The basic game plan is to build an improvised tube device with four carabiners. The picture from the article is pretty clear:
You can also do …
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Lead climb weight ratios
While having a belayer that is much lighter than the climber is clearly not ideal, especially on lead, it isn't insurmountable.
A famous climbing couple from days of yore was comprised of Lynn Hill an …
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How should I vet belayers? What should I look for?
Be observant
If you go to the gym often take note of who the regulars are and their general abilities. You aren't going to know everyone's name but you might get a rough idea of their capabilities. Th …
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Quickest / most efficient way to ascend a hanging rope with rock climbing gear?
I don't have a reference handy but in conversations I've had in the past (several years ago) with people who compete/vie for speed records ascending ropes they exclusively use prusiks.
If memory serv …
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