(spring-loaded camming device)

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• Spring-loaded camming device — A spring loaded camming device (also SLCD, cam or friend) is a piece of rock climbing or mountaineering protection equipment. It consists of three or four cams mounted on a common axle or two adjacent axles, so that pulling on the axle forces the …   Wikipedia

• Camming — may refer to:* Cam (bootleg) * Spring loaded camming device * Using a web cam …   Wikipedia

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• Tricam — A Tricam is a type of climbing protection equipment. They are produced by Italian firm CAMP and by ViaMont Gear.DesignIt is a passive or active device consisting of a shaped aluminium piece attached to a length of webbing tape or wire cable. The… …   Wikipedia

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• Henry Barber (rock climber) — Henry Barber (born 1953 in Boston, Massachusetts) was a leading American rock climber and ice climber in the 1970s. Known by the nickname Hot Henry , Barber was an advocate of clean climbing, a prolific first ascentionist and free soloist. He was …   Wikipedia

• Wild Country (company) — Wild Country is a major manufacturer of rock climbing equipment, and is most noted for introducing the Friend , a spring loaded camming device. The company is based in Tideswell in the English Peak District, close to some of the UK s most popular …   Wikipedia

• Hexcentric — Hexcentrics are items of rock climbing equipment used to protect climbers from injury during a fall. Hexcentrics, usually called hexes , are a type of nut, a hollow eccentric hexagonal prism with tapered ends, usually threaded with webbing, a… …   Wikipedia

• Traditional climbing — Traditional climbing, or Trad climbing, is a style of climbing that emphasizesthe skills necessary for establishing routes in an exploratory fashion. Before the advent of sport climbing, the normal style of unaided rock climbing was what is now… …   Wikipedia