Climbing equipment

Manufactured gear used in climbing

Climbing equipment refers to a broad range of manufactured gear that is used in the activity or sport of climbing.^[1]

Notable groups include:

Alpine climbing equipment as is used in alpine climbing and mountaineering
Deep-water soloing equipment as is used in deep-water soloing
Ice climbing equipment as is used in ice climbing and mixed climbing
Mixed climbing equipment as used in mixed climbing and dry-tooling
Mountaineering equipment as is used in mountaineering and alpine climbing
Rock-climbing equipment as is used in aid climbing, bouldering, competition climbing, free solo climbing, multi-pitch climbing (including big wall climbing), rope solo climbing, sport climbing, traditional climbing and top rope climbing.
Via Ferrata equipment as used in Via Ferrata climbing

References

^ The Mountaineers (2018). "Chapter 2: Clothing and Equipment". Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills (9th ed.). Quiller Publishing. pp. 18–41.

External links

How to Inspect Your Climbing Gear and When to Retire It, Climbing (2022)

Climbing

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Rock climbing

Disciplines	Aid Big wall Multi-pitch Bouldering Highball Competition Speed Free Sport Traditional Solo Free solo Deep-water solo Rope solo Top roping
Rock types	Crack Face Slab

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Equipment

Rock	Anchor Ascender Croll Belay device Auto belay Glasses Figure-8 Bolt Boulder mat Carabiner Maillon Climbing rope Dynamic Static Chalk Harness Fifi hook Hammer Hex Nut Copperhead Piton Portaledge Quickdraw SLDs Grigri Revo Sling SCLDs Camalot Shoes Tricam
Ice and snow	Alpenstock Abalakov thread Bottled oxygen Crampons Ice axe Ice tool Ice screw Mountaineering boot Rescue Avalanche cord RECCO Transeiver Snow anchor Snowshoe

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Media

Magazines and journals	Alpine Journal Alpinist American Alpine Journal Canadian Alpine Journal Climbing Desnivel Himalayan Journal Planinski Vestnik Rock & Ice Summit
Non-fiction films	The Alpinist El Capitan The Dawn Wall Free Solo Hard Grit

Companies

Organizations

National	Access Fund Alpine Club Alpine Club of Canada American Alpine Club Appalachian Mountain Club Austrian Alpine Club British Mountaineering Council Club Alpin Français Club Alpino Italiano Federación Española de Deportes de Montaña y Escalada Fédération française de la montagne et de l'escalade German Alpine Club South African Climbing Federation South Tyrol Alpine Club Swiss Alpine Club USA Climbing
International	International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA) Union Internationale des Associations de Guides de Montagnes (UIAGM) Union of International Mountain Leader Associations (UIMLA)

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