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| Passive Protection - Nuts Passive protection is simply gear that wedges itself into a crack. It doesn't move or do anything exciting, it just sits there. But it is the most common, and possibly most useful piece of gear. A good placement can be bomb proof. But as usual the smaller the size, the less contact it has with th...[more] | Belay Devices Belaying has been around as long as ropes have been used, albeit in a different form to the modern systems. It seems ludicrous the way the pioneers climbed. They simply tied some rope round their waist and simple hooked it over nodules in the rock as protection. Belays consisted of a ledge, or crack...[more] | Ascenders - The Only Way Is Up Ascenders are very useful devices, they are basically uni-directional rope clamps. Locking in one direction, while sliding easily in the other. Ascenders are mainly useful when situations arise that were not intended. Such as the second falls off the overhanging and is hanging free in space, thus ...[more] |