Rock-Climbing Equipment

Rock-climbing equipment varies with the specific type of climbing that is being undertaken by the climber(s). Bouldering needs the least equipment: climbing shoes, climbing chalk and optional crash pads. Sport climbing adds ropes, harnesses, belay devices, and quickdraws which clip into pre-drilled permanently-fixed bolts on the rock face.

Traditional climbing adds the need to carry a "rack" of temporary and removable passive and active protection devices.
Multi-pitch climbing, and the related big wall climbing, adds devices to assist in ascending and descending static fixed ropes.
Finally, aid climbing uses unique equipment to give mechanical assistance to the climber in their upward movement.

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