ao4 clothing and rock climbing kit questions

8/3/2019 AO4 Clothing and Rock Climbing Kit Questions

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Personal Clothing and Rock Climbing Kit

The following websites might be useful, if you find other websites please list them;

http://www.snowandrock.com

https://www.cotswoldoutdoor.com

www.highon rope s.com/climbing- rope -glossary.htm

CLOTHING

Using the web, answer the following questions on climbing clothing:

1. What is GORTEX?

A Gortex is a list of equipment that you would use for mountaineering. E.g. jacket,gloves, shoes/boots, pants

2. Why is GORTEX good to wear whilst mountaineering or climbing?

Gortex are very waterproof. Also it is very good at letting heat out as you will getsweaty when climbing or walking but it will not let know cold in

3. When talking about clothing, what is a base layer?

A base layer is a thin, tight quick dry fabric that absorbs sweat. It is light and flexibleand again lets heat out but does not let anything in. It is the same as wearing 3layers of clothing but it is all in one.

4. Why is it important to wear loose / comfortable clothing whilst climbing?

Because you need to be as flexible as possible as you will be forced to go intoawkward positions. Also you will need your body to be as light and to be able tomove freely as possible.

5. Name 2 clothing (not equipment) brand names for climbing

1. The North Face2. Ice Breaker

ROPE

Using the web, answer the following questions on climbing rope:

1. What is a dynamic rope?

The Dynamic Climbing Rope will stretch when put under load. This means that the rope

can absorb some of the shock when a climber falls. Less pressure is therefore put on
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the climber and their equipment/anchors. This is why it is imperative to use a Dynamic

rope if you plan to go lead climbing.

2. What is a static rope?

A static rope does not stretch like a Dynamic.Static ropes are stronger and last longer thandynamic ropes, but they are not to be used for actual climbing except as a top-rope because

their lack of stretch and elasticity causes the force of a fall to be placed on other parts of the

climbers safety system, including anchors and harness, and can lead to failure and severe

injury.

3. What are the 3 most common lengths of rope?

50mm55mm60mm

4. What is the typical diameter of a single rope?

Usually 9 - 11 mm in diameter

5. Quote the cheapest and most expensive climbing ropes you can find

The cheapest rope is 23.95

The expensive rope is 273.49

CLIMBING EQUIPMENT

Using the web, answer the following questions on climbing kit, you must explain what eachpiece of equipment is used for.

1. What is a Carabiner? Typical price?

Carabiner or karabiner is a metal loop with a sprung or screwed gate that is used toquickly and reversibly connect components in safety-critical systems

Price - 10

2. What is a Quickdraw? Typical price?

Quickdraws reduce rope drag when a rope is pulled through a series of carabiners.The quickdraw allows the rope to pull to the centre and allow a less resistive pathfrom the belay point to the climber

Price - 14.99 - 17.99


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3. What is an ascender? Typical price?

An Arrester allows the user to choose two orientations to vary the amount of frictionthat can be applied to the rope, allowing you to choose the speed of descent.

Price - 12.00 - 42.99

4. What is a belay device? Typical price?

A belay device maintains a silky smooth feeding. Belay devices are mechanicalpieces of climbing equipment used to control a rope during belaying.

Price - 15.99 17.99

6. What is a Gri Gri? Typical Price?

A grival is a medium size mental pole that has many uses.

1. It can be used as a walking stick2. It can be used as a shovel3. It can be used to pull yourself on rock/ice4. It can save your life. It is called the Ice ace arrest. What it basically does is if you

are slipping down a hill, you can use your grival, put it up to your chest, somehowyou need to flip yourself onto your front and the grival will hopefully stick into theground and slow yourself down.

Price - 50 - 130

7. What is a camming device? Typical Price?

A spring-loaded camming device is a piece of rock climbing or mountaineeringprotection equipment. It consists of three or four cams mounted on a common axle ortwo adjacent axles, so that pulling on the axle forces the cams to spread fartherapart. You can use this if there is a grap inside of the wall. Just simply put it inside tograp and as it will want to keep opening, it should hopefully grip itself.

Price - 54.99 - 59.99

5. Name a climbing protection piece of equipment, and describe what it isused for?

A hard hat.

A hard hat is used for protection for your head. If you fell and started swing on therope and went into the wall, the hard hat will protect your head. Also whenclimbing up a mountain rocks or ice could on at any moment, so again the hardhat you protect you from falling objects


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6. Is it sensible to climb in trainers, if not what should you wear?

When climbing, it is not best to wear trainers as they do not have enough gripand you may slip. The best shoes to wearwhen doing climbing are Rock shoes. Theseare specially designed for extreme moves onsmall holds; the special toe profile providesexcellent precision on marginal holds, makingit perfect for technically difficult, vertical oroverhanging routes.

7. Name 3 climbing equipment brand names

1. The North Face2. Salomon3. Arc'teryx

A days climbing . . .

You are off to Cheddar Gorge for a days climbing with a friend, the weather forecast is coldand wet.1. List EVERYTHING that you would take in order to be dry, warm and safe.2. When you return describe how you would care for your kit.

Equipment

1 water proof jacket

1 water proof trousers

1 jacket

1 par of boots

5 pars of socks

1 par of underwear

1 Rucksack

1 Altimeter Watch

1 GPS

1 t-shirts

1 Climbing Thermals

1 pair of mans stretch neo pants1 hat

1 par of gloves

1 head touch (with lost of batteries)1 compass

1 scarf

1 Bouldering mat

1 Helmet

10 cams

5 ropes

10 belays

1 harness

1 chalk bag


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