History

Vertical caving terminology and methods

History

Several parts of this article cover the historical development of equipment or techniques. To help you find them all, they are listed here:

• Rope
• Carabiner
• Maillon
• Pulley
• Petzl
• Ladder
• Maypole
• Belay device
• Winch
• Lowering
• SRT
• Abseiling
• Body abseil
• Prusiking
• Tyrolean traverse
• Pull-through
• Prusiking systems timeline
• Frog system
• Italian technique
• Texas system
• Singe system
• Inchworm system
• Hands and feet system
• Rope walking
• Gérard Alpine technique
• Plummer system
• Another prusiking system
• Mitchell system
• Jumar system
• Belay belt
• Sit harness
• Chest harness
• Cows tails
• Descender
• Stop
• Simple
• Rack
• Figure of 8 (descender)
• Ascender
• Floating cam
• Shunt
• Chest roller
• Chicken loop
• Safety cord
• Walkie talkie
• PPE
• Alpine rigging
• Ultralight rigging
• Indestructible rope technique
• Cord technique
• Piton
• Pull-up cord
• Skyhook
• Drill
• Italian hitch
• Prusik knot and other friction hitches
• Alpine clutch

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