Carabiner
This carabiner locks by twisting the bail of the device.
Screw Gate
The knot that is most universally accepted in the climbing community
Figure Eight Retrace
The type of rope that does not stretch.
Static rope
The act of climbing only on a designated color of rocks.
The preferred type of carabiner that climbers use that is light and easy to carry.
aluminum
When using this type of carabiner it is only necessary to use one to meet the redundancy requirement here at FHS.
Tri-Locking Carabiner
The knot that is quick on the draw.
Super Eight
The type of rope that stretches in order to absorb force on the rope.
Dynamic Rope
The type of climbing that has an anchor point at the height of your climb.
Top Rope Climbing
The act of a carabiner being loaded across its minor axis and putting strain on the gate.
Cross-loading
1 KN equals approximately how many pounds of force?
225
The knot that is used to shorten a rope.
Daisy Chain
The number of colors in the sheath.
The type of climbing where you create new anchor points as you ascend the wall.
Lead Climbing
The device needed for rappelling.
Figure eight/Safety eight
If a carabiner is cross loaded it is referring to this axis of the carabiner.
minor axis
The knot that is used to connect two pieces of webbing.
Water Knot
The flying squirrel
The term used when you use the wall with no rocks to assist your foot placement on a route climb.
friction
The super eight knot equals how many strands when you are checking it.
11
A carabiner that can withstand 22kN of force across its major axis equals how many lbs.
4950 lbs
The knot that has many purposes such as for rappelling and is an auxiliary knot for the figure eight retrace and super eight.
Stopper/Safety/Fisherman/Double Overhand knot.
On a cable top rope course (such as our outdoor course) there is sag in the cable and it is best to taxi a climber at what location along the cable.
The middle
The act of making a dynamic jump to get to a new set of rocks on a route.
Dyno
The #1 reason why you would need a chest harness during a climb.
When your body could potentially go upside down