Personal SRT gear

Vertical caving terminology and methods

Personal SRT gear

Subsections

• SRT gear, SRT kit, SRT rig, SRT tackle, personal tackle
• Prusiking rig, prusik rig, [prusiking system] rig, rig (prusiking)
• Belay belt, battery belt, lamp belt
• Sit harness, seat harness, harness
• D-ring, D-maillon ("half-round" or "half-moon" in the USA)
• Chest harness, Howie belt (sometimes "shoulder strap" in USA)
• Gear loops
• Cows tails, cowstails ("lanyard" in rope access)
• Descender
• Stop, Go
• Simple, bobbin (descender)
• Bobbin
• Cam
• Rack, brake bar rack ("rappel rack" in USA)
• Bar, rack bar, brake bar
• Hyper bar, tie-off bar, lock-off bar
• Suicide rig
• Figure of 8 (descender)
• Braking carabiner
• Ascender, jammer, Jumar, clamp, cam, rope clamp (ascender), rope grab (ascender), prusiker, brake-blocker
• Top jammer, top ascender, hand jammer, hand ascender
• Quick attachment safety, QAS
• Shoulder jammer, shoulder ascender, shoulder Gibbs
• Chest jammer, chest ascender, body jammer, body ascender
• Lower jammer, lower ascender, thigh jammer, thigh ascender
• Knee jammer, knee ascender
• Foot jammer, foot ascender, Pantin
• Mar-bar, Mars bar
• Floating cam
• Shunt
• Prusik loop (pronounced "PRUH-sik", rather than the more correct "PROO-sik"), prusik tether, prusik, prusik sling, sling (sometimes "knots" in USA)
• Fall arrester, rope grab (fall arrester), rope clamp (fall arrester), brake-blocker
• Chest roller, chest box, ascender box
• Footloop
• Chicken loop, chicken strap
• Safety cord, shock cord
• Donkey's dick, drag cord
• Whistle
• Walkie talkie, radio, two-way radio, telephone
• Bobble, scrunchie, bandana, hair clips
• Knife
• PPE

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