Rock-climbing gear

Rock climbing or foreign terms known as Rock Climbing is one of the many sports outdoors and is one part of climbing a mountain that can not be done by foot but must use equipment and certain techniques to get through it. In general, do rock climbing on rock cliffs contoured areas with a slope angle reaches more than 45 ° and has a certain degree of difficulty.

Climbing equipment TEBINGsss

As for the types of equipment used for rock climbing are:

1) Rope karmantel

Tali divided two kinds of natural fiber rope (the rope dadung) and synthetic fiber ropes.

Synthetic fiber ropes be divided by 2 is

a. Hawserlaid rope (made from nylon)

b. Kern mantle rope, rope is divided into two parts, namely the coat is usually a part is made of special fabric and a core part of this section are generally made of nylon fibers.

Kern mantle rope there are three types:

a. Dynamic, the rope is flexible with a tensile strength of about 30% is used for climbing

b. Static, the rope is less bending and tensile strength of about 15% is used for rappelling.

c. Semi, stretch resources between dynamic and static can be used for climbing and rappelling.

2) Carabiner

Carabiner is a safety climber in the form of a ring hook plugging raner with climber body mounted on a harness.

Ingredients carabiner:

a. Steel

b. mixture of aluminum

Pinti carabiner type:

a.Memakai key, carabiner type is more secure but harder to be installed or removed

b.Tanpa key, carabiner is easier to be installed and removed but unlike safety screw gate carabiner.

3) That is a safety harness worn by the climber. Kind namely:

- Sit harness

- Full boby (body harness)

4) SlinkSlink ie carabiner strap combiner

Slink there are two kinds:

a slink tape can be used to connect carabiner

b.slink prusik

5) Climbing Shoes

Climbing shoes are usually made of raw rubber, front part of the shoe is harder rock climber so that the foot does not hurt.