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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For similar but smaller tools used typically in pairs for <a href="Ice_climbing" title="Ice climbing">ice climbing</a>, see <a href="Ice_tool" title="Ice tool">Ice tool</a>.</div>

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<p>An <b>ice axe</b> is a multi-purpose <a href="Hiking" title="Hiking">hiking</a> and <a href="Climbing" title="Climbing">climbing</a> tool used by <a href="Mountaineering" title="Mountaineering">mountaineers</a> in both the ascent and descent of routes that involve snow or ice covered (e.g. <a href="Ice_climbing" title="Ice climbing">ice climbing</a> or <a href="Mixed_climbing" title="Mixed climbing">mixed climbing</a>) conditions. Its use depends on the terrain: in its simplest role it is used like a walking stick, with the mountaineer holding the head in the center of their uphill hand. On steep terrain it is swung by its handle and embedded in snow or ice for security and an aid to traction. It can also be buried pick down, the rope tied around the shaft to form a secure anchor on which to bring up a second climber, or buried vertically to form a stomp <a href="Belay" class="mw-redirect" title="Belay">belay</a>. The adze is used to cut footholds, as well as scoop out compacted snow to bury the axe as a belay anchor.<sup id="cite_ref-freedom_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-freedom-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origin">Origin</h2></div>

<p>The ice axe of today has its roots in the long-handled <a href="Alpenstock" title="Alpenstock">alpenstock</a> that came before it. Not only is an ice axe used as a climbing aid, but also as a means of <a href="Self-arrest" title="Self-arrest">self-arrest</a> in the event of a slip downhill.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Most ice axes meet design and manufacturing standards of organizations such as the <a href="Union_Internationale_des_Associations_d'Alpinisme" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme">Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme</a> (UIAA) or <a href="European_Committee_for_Standardization" title="European Committee for Standardization">European Committee for Standardization</a> (CEN). There are two classifications of ice axe, Basic (B/Type 1) and Technical (T/Type 2).

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<ul><li>Basic ice axes are designed for use in snow conditions for general mountaineering, and are adequate for basic support and self-arrest. Technical ice axes, which may have curved shafts, are strong enough to be used for steep or vertical ice climbing and belaying on such ground.</li>

<li>Specialized scaled-down ice axes used for vertical <a href="Ice_climbing" title="Ice climbing">ice climbing</a> are known as <a href="Ice_tool" title="Ice tool">ice tools</a>. Ice tools have shorter and more curved shafts; stronger, sharper, and more curved replaceable picks, and often ergonomic grips and finger rests. Used in a pair, one is usually equipped with an adze for chipping and clearing snow whilst the other has a hammer to aid gear placement.</li></ul>

<p>For <a href="Ski_mountaineering" title="Ski mountaineering">ski mountaineering</a> and racing, where weight is of paramount concern, manufacturers have produced short (~45 cm or 18 in) and light (200–300 g or 7–11 oz) ice axes. Some of these have <a href="Aluminium" title="Aluminium">aluminum</a> alloy heads/picks which are unlikely to be as effective or robust as steel heads/picks.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Components">Components</h2></div>

<p>An ice axe consists of at least five components:

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<ul><li>Head – usually made of steel and featuring a <a href="Pickaxe" title="Pickaxe">pick</a> and <a href="Adze" title="Adze">adze</a>. A hole in the center is provided for attaching a wrist leash or <a href="Carabiner" title="Carabiner">carabiner</a>.</li>

<li>Pick — the toothed pointed end of the head, typically slightly curved (aiding both in ergonomics and <a href="Self-arrest" title="Self-arrest">self-arrest</a>).</li>

<li>Adze — the flat, wide end of the head used for chopping steps in hard snow and ice.</li>

<li>Hammer — the hammer is an alternative to the adze. May be used for aiding placement of <a href="Rock_climbing" title="Rock climbing">protection</a>.</li>

<li>Shaft — straight or slightly angled, typically wider front-to-back than side-to-side, flat on the sides and smoothly rounded on the ends. Traditional shafts were made of wood, but are now almost exclusively of lightweight metals (such as <a href="Aluminium" title="Aluminium">aluminum</a>, <a href="Titanium" title="Titanium">titanium</a> and steel alloys) or composites (including <a href="Fiberglass" title="Fiberglass">fiberglass</a>, <a href="Kevlar" title="Kevlar">Kevlar</a> or <a href="Carbon" title="Carbon">carbon</a> <a href="Fiber" title="Fiber">filament</a>).</li>

<li>Spike, or <a href="Ferrule" title="Ferrule">ferrule</a> — a point at the base of the shaft used for balance and safety when the axe is held by its head in walking stick fashion. Usually made of steel.</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accessories">Accessories</h2></div>

<p>Ice axe accessories include:

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<ul><li>Leash – nylon webbing with an adjustable loop for securing the axe to hand. Often secured by a ring constrained to slide a limited distance on the shaft.</li>

<li>Leash stop – a rubber keeper or metal stud preventing the leash from slipping off of the ice axe.</li>

<li>Snow basket – similar to baskets on <a href="Ski_pole" title="Ski pole">ski poles</a>, temporarily mounted on the shaft close to the spike to keep the shaft from sinking into soft snow. Not at all common in Europe.</li>

<li>Pick and adze guard – a cover to protect from sharp edges and points when the axe is not being used.</li>

<li>Spike guard – a cover to protect from the sharp spike when the axe is not being used.</li></ul>

<p>Ice-axe spike-to-head lengths used to generally range from 60–90 cm (24–35 in). This is just too short to be used as a walking stick on level ground (the way its forebear, the 150-centimetre-long (5 ft) 19th century <a href="Alpenstock" title="Alpenstock">alpenstock</a>, was), but is ergonomic when ascending steep slopes. For flatter ground, where consequences of a slip are not large, walking poles are more appropriate.

</p><p>The old method to approximate the correct length of an ice axe was for the climber to hold the axe (spike facing the ground) at his/her side while standing relaxed. The spike of the ice axe should barely touch the ground when the climber stands fully upright holding the axe in this manner.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This may still be appropriate when the ice axe is to be used on relatively flat ground, most likely in glacier travel.

</p><p>Modern mountaineers often carry shorter ice axes 45–60 cm (18–24 in), for general use, with anything over 60 cm (24 in) typically regarded as too large and unwieldy for chopping steps or climbing steep snow. A walking pole (providing a third point of contact), although stabilising and making a slip less likely, is unlikely to stop a fall.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="Alpenstock" title="Alpenstock">Alpenstock</a></div>

<p>The antecedent of the ice axe was the <a href="Alpenstock" title="Alpenstock">alpenstock</a>, a long wooden pole with an iron spike tip, used by shepherds for travel on snowfields and glaciers in the <a href="Alps" title="Alps">Alps</a> since the <a href="Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>. On 8 August 1786, <a href="Jacques_Balmat" title="Jacques Balmat">Jacques Balmat</a> and <a href="Michel-Gabriel_Paccard" title="Michel-Gabriel Paccard">Michel-Gabriel Paccard</a> made the first ascent of <a href="Mont_Blanc" title="Mont Blanc">Mont Blanc</a>. Balmat, a <a href="Chamois" title="Chamois">chamois</a> hunter and crystal collector, had experience with high mountain travel, and Paccard had made previous attempts to climb the peak. Illustrations show Balmat carrying two separate tools that would later be merged into the ice axe – an alpenstock (or baton) and a small axe that could be used to chop steps on icy slopes.

</p><p>According to the earliest manufacturer of ice axes, <a href="Grivel_(mountain_climbing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grivel (mountain climbing)">Grivel</a>, these two tools were merged to create the first true ice axe around 1840. Early ice axes had a vertical adze, with the cutting edge aligned with the direction of the shaft, as in a conventional axe. This design lasted until at least 1860, but eventually the adze was rotated to the current position, perpendicular to the direction of the shaft. The Italian Alpine Club published a book in 1889 entitled <i>Fiorio e Ratti – The dangers of mountaineering and rules to avoid them</i>, which recommended ice axes as among "the inseparable companions of the mountaineer".<sup id="cite_ref-History:_The_Ice-Axe_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History:_The_Ice-Axe-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In the late 19th century, the typical ice axe shaft measured 120–130 cm (47–51 in) in length. British climber <a href="Oscar_Eckenstein" title="Oscar Eckenstein">Oscar Eckenstein</a> started the trend toward shorter ice axes with a lighter model measuring 85–86 cm (33–34 in). Initially, this innovation was criticized by well-known climbers of the era, including <a href="Martin_Conway%2C_1st_Baron_Conway_of_Allington" title="Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington">Martin Conway</a>, a prominent member of the <a href="Alpine_Club_(UK)" title="Alpine Club (UK)">Alpine Club</a>, who was the leader of an early expedition to the <a href="Baltoro_Muztagh" title="Baltoro Muztagh">Baltoro</a> region near <a href="K2" title="K2">K2</a> in 1892 of which Eckenstein was a member.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Early ice axes had picks and adzes of about equal lengths. By the beginning of the 20th century, the pick lengthened to about twice the length of the adze. Improvements in crampon design (pioneered by Eckenstein in 1908) and ice climbing technique led to use of shorter, lighter ice axes appropriate to steeper ice climbs in the period between the world wars.<sup id="cite_ref-History:_The_Ice-Axe_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History:_The_Ice-Axe-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>A famous rescue involving an ice axe took place during the <a href="Third_American_Karakoram_Expedition" class="mw-redirect" title="Third American Karakoram Expedition">Third American Karakoram Expedition</a> to <a href="K2" title="K2">K2</a> in 1953. One of the climbers, <a href="Art_Gilkey" title="Art Gilkey">Art Gilkey</a>, was incapacitated by <a href="Thrombophlebitis" title="Thrombophlebitis">thrombophlebitis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The other climbers attempted to rescue him by lowering him down the mountain by rope, wrapped in a sleeping bag. While crossing a steep ice sheet, a slip caused Gilkey and five other climbers to begin falling down a steep slope. Climber <a href="Pete_Schoening" title="Pete Schoening">Pete Schoening</a> wedged his ice axe alongside a boulder, and managed to <a href="Belay" class="mw-redirect" title="Belay">belay</a> the roped climbers, saving their lives. (Gilkey, however, later in the same descent was swept away by an avalanche. Remains of his lost corpse were discovered in 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) Schoening's ice axe is now on display at the <a href="Bradford_Washburn" title="Bradford Washburn">Bradford Washburn</a> <a href="American_Mountaineering_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="American Mountaineering Museum">American Mountaineering Museum</a> in <a href="Golden%2C_Colorado" title="Golden, Colorado">Golden, Colorado</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In 1966, <a href="Yvon_Chouinard" title="Yvon Chouinard">Yvon Chouinard</a> led a significant redesign of ice axes, working with initially reluctant manufacturer Charlet to develop a 55-centimetre-long (22 in) ice axe with a dramatically curved pick. Chouinard believed that "a curve compatible with the arc of the axe's swing would allow the pick to stay put better in the ice. I had noticed that a standard pick would often pop out when I placed my weight on it." Chouinard's idea worked and began a period of innovation in ice axe design.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In 1978, the Safety Commission of the <a href="Union_Internationale_des_Associations_d'Alpinisme" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme">Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme</a> (UIAA) established formal standards for ice axe safety and performance. This led to the replacement of the traditional wooden shaft by metal alloy shafts. Ergonomically curved handles became widespread in 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-History:_The_Ice-Axe_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History:_The_Ice-Axe-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Use of modern aluminum alloys have led to a dramatic reduction in the weight of some ice axes. One model now on the market, the <a href="CAMP_(company)" title="CAMP (company)">C.A.M.P.</a> Corsa, weighs only 205 g (7.2 oz) with a 50-centimetre-long (20 in) shaft. One expert rated this lightweight ice axe as "ideal for low angle glacier travel" but said he "craved the solid and secure heft of a true steel mountain ax" in more demanding steep alpine conditions.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gallery_of_ice_axes_1970s–2010s">Gallery of ice axes 1970s–2010s</h3></div>

<div class="gallerytext">A wooden handled ice axe from the mid-1970s<br>Length: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">

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</style>75 cm (<span class="frac">29<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in)<br>Weight: 840 g (<span class="frac">29<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> oz)</div>

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<div class="gallerytext">A metal handled ice axe from the late 1970s<br>Length: 91 cm (<span class="frac">35<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> in)<br>Weight: 960 g (<span class="frac">33<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> oz)</div>

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<div class="gallerytext">A lightweight CAMP Corsa ice axe purchased in 2007<br>Length: 70 cm (<span class="frac">27<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in)<br>Weight: 280 g (<span class="frac">9<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> oz)</div>

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<div class="gallerytext">A 2011 Black Diamond ice axe. 71 cm (28 in) long with a weight of 430 g (15 oz).</div>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attachment_to_a_pack">Attachment to a pack</h2></div>

<p>When not in use an ice axe is stored on the outside of a pack (rucksack). Many models come with a nylon <a href="Webbing" title="Webbing">webbing</a> loop sewn on its rear base (off to one side to allow the pick to stay behind the hiker), together with a means to restrain its shaft. Rucksacks with attachment points for two ice axes are also available, popular in <a href="Ice_climbing" title="Ice climbing">ice climbing</a> where two tools are used.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>

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<li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFRowell1977" class="citation book cs1">Rowell, Galen (1977). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/inthroneroomofmo0000rowe"><i>In The Throne Room of the Mountain Gods</i></a></span>. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/inthroneroomofmo0000rowe/page/36">36–40</a>. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>0-87156-184-0</bdi>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFViesturs2006" class="citation book cs1">Viesturs, Ed (2006). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/noshortcutstotop00edvi"><i>No Shortcuts to the Top</i></a></span>. Broadway Books. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>9780767924702</bdi>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFRowell1977" class="citation book cs1">Rowell, Galen (1977). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/inthroneroomofmo0000rowe"><i>In The Throne Room of the Mountain Gods</i></a></span>. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/inthroneroomofmo0000rowe/page/226">226–234</a>. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>0-87156-184-0</bdi>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091227093002/http://www.mountaineeringmuseum.org/about.php?id=Artifacts">"Artifacts"</a>. Bradford Washburn American Mountaineering Museum. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mountaineeringmuseum.org/about.php?id=Artifacts">the original</a> on 27 December 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 November</span> 2009</span>.</cite></span>

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<ul><li><a href="Multi-pitch_climbing" title="Multi-pitch climbing">Multi-pitch</a></li></ul></li>

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<ul><li><a href="Bouldering#Highball_bouldering" title="Bouldering">Highball</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Competition_climbing" title="Competition climbing">Competition</a>

<ul><li><a href="Speed_climbing" title="Speed climbing">Speed</a></li></ul></li>

<ul><li><a href="Sport_climbing" title="Sport climbing">Sport</a></li>

<li><a href="Traditional_climbing" title="Traditional climbing">Traditional</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Deep-water_soloing" title="Deep-water soloing">Deep-water solo</a></li>

<li><a href="Top_rope_climbing" title="Top rope climbing">Top roping</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Climbing_wall" title="Climbing wall">Artificial</a></li>

<li><a href="Crack_climbing" title="Crack climbing">Crack</a></li>

<li><a href="Overhang_(climbing)" title="Overhang (climbing)">Overhang / Roof</a></li>

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<ul><li><a href="Alpine_climbing" title="Alpine climbing">Alpine</a>

<ul><li><a href="Glacier_travel" title="Glacier travel">Glacier travel</a></li>

<li><a href="Via_ferrata" title="Via ferrata">Via ferrata</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Eight-thousander" title="Eight-thousander">Himalayan</a>

<ul><li><a href="Alpine_style" class="mw-redirect" title="Alpine style">Alpine style</a></li>

<li><a href="Expedition_climbing" title="Expedition climbing">Expedition style</a></li></ul></li>

<ul><li><a href="Mixed_climbing" title="Mixed climbing">Mixed</a></li>

<li><a href="Dry-tooling" title="Dry-tooling">Dry-tooling</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Scrambling" title="Scrambling">Scrambling</a>

<ul><li><a href="Hillwalking" class="mw-redirect" title="Hillwalking">Hillwalking</a></li></ul></li></ul>

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<li><a href="Rope_access" title="Rope access">Commercial</a></li>

<li><a href="Parkour" title="Parkour">Parkour</a></li>

<li><a href="Ropes_course" title="Ropes course">Ropes course</a></li>

<li><a href="Rooftopping" title="Rooftopping">Rooftopping</a></li>

<li><a href="Roof_and_tunnel_hacking" title="Roof and tunnel hacking">Roof and tunnel hacking</a></li>

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<ul><li><a href="Piolet_d'Or" class="mw-redirect" title="Piolet d'Or">Piolet d'Or winners</a></li>

<li><a href="IFSC_Climbing_World_Cup" title="IFSC Climbing World Cup">IFSC World Cup winners</a></li>

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<li><a href="Ranking_of_career_IFSC_victories_by_climber" title="Ranking of career IFSC victories by climber">IFSC victories</a></li></ul></li>

<li>Deaths

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<li><a href="List_of_people_who_died_climbing_Mount_Everest" title="List of people who died climbing Mount Everest">Everest</a></li></ul></li>

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<li><a href="List_of_climbing_knots" title="List of climbing knots">Knots</a></li></ul></li>

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<li><a href="List_of_first_ascents_of_mountain_summits" title="List of first ascents of mountain summits">First ascents</a></li></ul></li>

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<li><a href="Glossary_of_climbing_terms" title="Glossary of climbing terms">Terminology</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Aider" class="mw-redirect" title="Aider">Aider</a>

<ul><li><a href="Daisy_chain_(climbing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Daisy chain (climbing)">Daisy chain</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Anchor_(climbing)" title="Anchor (climbing)">Anchor</a></li>

<li><a href="Ascender_(climbing)" title="Ascender (climbing)">Ascender</a>

<ul><li><a href="Petzl_Croll" title="Petzl Croll">Croll</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Belay_device" title="Belay device">Belay device</a>

<ul><li><a href="Auto_belay" title="Auto belay">Auto belay</a></li>

<li>Assisted braking device

<ul><li><a href="Grigri" class="mw-redirect" title="Grigri">Grigri</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Belay_glasses" title="Belay glasses">Glasses</a></li>

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<li><a href="Bouldering_mat" title="Bouldering mat">Boulder mat</a></li>

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<ul><li><a href="Maillon" title="Maillon">Maillon</a></li></ul></li>

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<li><a href="Dynamic_rope" title="Dynamic rope">Dynamic</a></li>

<li><a href="Static_rope" title="Static rope">Static</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Liquid_chalk" title="Liquid chalk">Chalk</a></li>

<li><a href="Descender_(climbing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Descender (climbing)">Descenders</a>

<ul><li><a href="Figure_8_(climbing)" title="Figure 8 (climbing)">Figure-8</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Climbing_harness" title="Climbing harness">Harness</a></li>

<li><a href="Hook_(climbing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hook (climbing)">Hooks</a>

<li><a href="Skyhook_(climbing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Skyhook (climbing)">Skyhook</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Rock_climbing_hammer" class="mw-redirect" title="Rock climbing hammer">Hammer</a></li>

<li><a href="Lanyard_(climbing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lanyard (climbing)">Lanyard</a>

<ul><li><a href="Copperhead_(climbing)" title="Copperhead (climbing)">Copperhead</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Piton" title="Piton">Piton</a></li>

<li><a href="Portaledge" title="Portaledge">Portaledge</a></li>

<li><a href="Quickdraw" title="Quickdraw">Quickdraw</a></li>

<li><a href="Sling_(climbing_equipment)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sling (climbing equipment)">Sling</a></li>

<li><a href="Spring-loaded_camming_device" title="Spring-loaded camming device">SLCDs</a>

<ul><li><a href="Camalot" title="Camalot">Camalot</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Climbing_shoe" title="Climbing shoe">Shoes</a></li>

<li><a href="Tricam" title="Tricam">Tricam</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Ice_climbing#Equipment" title="Ice climbing">Ice and snow</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Alpenstock" title="Alpenstock">Alpenstock</a></li>

<li><a href="Abalakov_thread" title="Abalakov thread">Abalakov thread</a></li>

<li><a href="Bottled_oxygen_(climbing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bottled oxygen (climbing)">Bottled oxygen</a></li>

<li><a href="Crampons" class="mw-redirect" title="Crampons">Crampons</a></li>

<li>

<li><a href="Ice_screw" title="Ice screw">Ice screw</a></li>

<li><a href="Mountaineering_boot" title="Mountaineering boot">Mountaineering boot</a></li>

<li>Rescue

<ul><li><a href="Avalanche_cord" title="Avalanche cord">Avalanche cord</a></li>

<li><a href="RECCO" title="RECCO">RECCO</a></li>

<li><a href="Avalanche_transceiver" title="Avalanche transceiver">Transeiver</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Snow_anchor" title="Snow anchor">Snow anchor</a></li>

<li><a href="Snowshoe" title="Snowshoe">Snowshoe</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Action</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Abseiling" title="Abseiling">Abseiling</a>

<ul><li><a href="Australian_rappel" title="Australian rappel">Australian</a></li>

<li><a href="D%C3%BClfersitz" title="Dülfersitz">Dülfersitz</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Belaying" title="Belaying">Belaying</a></li>

<li><a href="Front_pointing" title="Front pointing">Front pointing</a></li>

<li><a href="Glissade_(climbing)" title="Glissade (climbing)">Glissading</a></li>

<li><a href="Fixed_rope" title="Fixed rope">Jumaring</a></li>

<li><a href="Lead_climbing" title="Lead climbing">Leading</a>

<ul><li><a href="Flash_(climbing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flash (climbing)">Flashing</a></li>

<li><a href="Onsight" class="mw-redirect" title="Onsight">Onsighting</a></li>

<li><a href="Redpoint_(climbing)" title="Redpoint (climbing)">Redpointing</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Mountain_rescue" title="Mountain rescue">Rescue</a>

<ul><li><a href="Crevasse_rescue" title="Crevasse rescue">Crevasse</a></li>

<li><a href="Self-arrest" title="Self-arrest">Self-arrest</a></li>

<li><a href="Simul-climbing" title="Simul-climbing">Simul-climbing</a>

<li><a href="Spotting_(climbing)" title="Spotting (climbing)">Spotting</a></li>

<li><a href="Traverse_(climbing)" title="Traverse (climbing)">Traversing</a>

<ul><li><a href="Tyrolean_traverse" title="Tyrolean traverse">Tyrolean</a></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Ape_index" title="Ape index">Ape index</a></li>

<li><a href="Approach_shoe" title="Approach shoe">Approach shoe</a></li>

<li><a href="Clean_climbing" title="Clean climbing">Clean</a></li>

<li><a href="Climbing_route" title="Climbing route">Climbing route</a>

<li><a href="Climbing_guidebook" title="Climbing guidebook">Guidebook</a></li>

<li><a href="Chipping_(climbing)" title="Chipping (climbing)">Chipping</a></li>

<li><a href="First_ascent" title="First ascent">First ascent</a></li>

<li><a href="Pitch_(climbing)" title="Pitch (climbing)">Pitch</a></li>

<li><a href="Exposure_(heights)" title="Exposure (heights)">Exposure</a></li>

<li><a href="Fall_factor" title="Fall factor">Fall factor</a></li>

<li><a href="Grade_(climbing)" title="Grade (climbing)">Grades</a></li>

<li><a href="Mountain_guide" title="Mountain guide">Guides</a></li>

<li>Training

<ul><li><a href="Bachar_ladder" title="Bachar ladder">Bachar ladder</a></li>

<li><a href="Campus_board" title="Campus board">Campus board</a></li>

<li><a href="Hangboard" class="mw-redirect" title="Hangboard">Hangboard</a></li>

<li><a href="MoonBoard" class="mw-redirect" title="MoonBoard">MoonBoard</a></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Magazines and journals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Alpine_Journal" title="Alpine Journal">Alpine Journal</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Alpinist_(magazine)" title="Alpinist (magazine)">Alpinist</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="American_Alpine_Journal" title="American Alpine Journal">American Alpine Journal</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Canadian_Alpine_Journal" title="Canadian Alpine Journal">Canadian Alpine Journal</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Climbing_(magazine)" title="Climbing (magazine)">Climbing</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Desnivel" title="Desnivel">Desnivel</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Himalayan_Journal" title="Himalayan Journal">Himalayan Journal</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Planinski_Vestnik" title="Planinski Vestnik">Planinski Vestnik</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Summit_(magazine)" title="Summit (magazine)">Summit</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Non-fiction films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="The_Alpinist" title="The Alpinist">The Alpinist</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="El_Capitan_(film)" title="El Capitan (film)">El Capitan</a></i></li>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Companies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Black_Diamond_Equipment" title="Black Diamond Equipment">Black Diamond</a></li>

<li><a href="Cascade_Designs" title="Cascade Designs">Cascade Designs</a></li>

<li><a href="Deuter_Sport" title="Deuter Sport">Deuter</a></li>

<li><a href="Early_Winters_(company)" title="Early Winters (company)">Early Winters</a></li>

<li><a href="Eastern_Mountain_Sports" title="Eastern Mountain Sports">Eastern Mountain Sports</a></li>

<li><a href="Frostline_Kits" title="Frostline Kits">Frostline Kits</a></li>

<li><a href="Gerry_(company)" title="Gerry (company)">GERRY Mountain Sports</a></li>

<li><a href="Grivel_(company)" title="Grivel (company)">Grivel</a></li>

<li><a href="Holubar_Mountaineering" title="Holubar Mountaineering">Holubar Mountaineering</a></li>

<li><a href="JanSport" title="JanSport">JanSport</a></li>

<li><a href="Kellwood_Company" title="Kellwood Company">Sierra Designs</a></li>

<li><a href="Kelty_(company)" title="Kelty (company)">Kelty</a></li>

<li><a href="La_Sportiva" title="La Sportiva">La Sportiva</a></li>

<li><a href="Lowe_Alpine" title="Lowe Alpine">Lowe Alpine</a></li>

<li><a href="Mammut_Sports_Group" title="Mammut Sports Group">Mammut</a></li>

<li><a href="Marmot_(company)" title="Marmot (company)">Marmot Mountain Works</a></li>

<li><a href="Millet_(manufacturer)" title="Millet (manufacturer)">Millet</a></li>

<li><a href="Mountain_Equipment_Co-op" title="Mountain Equipment Co-op">Mountain Equipment Co-op</a></li>

<li><a href="Mountain_Safety_Research" title="Mountain Safety Research">Mountain Safety Research</a></li>

<li><a href="Outdoor_Research" title="Outdoor Research">Outdoor Research</a></li>

<li><a href="Patagonia%2C_Inc." title="Patagonia, Inc.">Patagonia</a></li>

<li><a href="Petzl" title="Petzl">Petzl</a></li>

<li><a href="The_North_Face" title="The North Face">The North Face</a></li>

<li><a href="Therm-a-Rest" title="Therm-a-Rest">Therm-a-Rest</a></li>

<li><a href="Wild_Country_(company)" title="Wild Country (company)">Wild Country</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organizations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Climbing_clubs" class="mw-redirect" title="Climbing clubs">National</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="The_Access_Fund" title="The Access Fund">Access Fund</a></li>

<li><a href="Alpine_Club_(UK)" title="Alpine Club (UK)">Alpine Club</a></li>

<li><a href="Alpine_Club_of_Canada" title="Alpine Club of Canada">Alpine Club of Canada</a></li>

<li><a href="American_Alpine_Club" title="American Alpine Club">American Alpine Club</a></li>

<li><a href="Appalachian_Mountain_Club" title="Appalachian Mountain Club">Appalachian Mountain Club</a></li>

<li><a href="Austrian_Alpine_Club" title="Austrian Alpine Club">Austrian Alpine Club</a></li>

<li><a href="British_Mountaineering_Council" title="British Mountaineering Council">British Mountaineering Council</a></li>

<li><a href="Club_Alpin_Fran%C3%A7ais" class="mw-redirect" title="Club Alpin Français">Club Alpin Français</a></li>

<li><a href="Club_Alpino_Italiano" title="Club Alpino Italiano">Club Alpino Italiano</a></li>

<li><a href="Federaci%C3%B3n_Espa%C3%B1ola_de_Deportes_de_Monta%C3%B1a_y_Escalada" class="mw-redirect" title="Federación Española de Deportes de Montaña y Escalada">Federación Española de Deportes de Montaña y Escalada</a></li>

<li><a href="F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_fran%C3%A7aise_de_la_montagne_et_de_l'escalade" class="mw-redirect" title="Fédération française de la montagne et de l'escalade">Fédération française de la montagne et de l'escalade</a></li>

<li><a href="German_Alpine_Club" title="German Alpine Club">German Alpine Club</a></li>

<li><a href="Pilipinas_Climbing" title="Pilipinas Climbing">Pilipinas Climbing</a></li>

<li><a href="South_African_National_Climbing_Federation" title="South African National Climbing Federation">South African Climbing Federation</a></li>

<li><a href="South_Tyrol_Alpine_Club" title="South Tyrol Alpine Club">South Tyrol Alpine Club</a></li>

<li><a href="Swiss_Alpine_Club" title="Swiss Alpine Club">Swiss Alpine Club</a></li>

<li><a href="USA_Climbing" title="USA Climbing">USA Climbing</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="International_Federation_of_Sport_Climbing" title="International Federation of Sport Climbing">International Federation of Sport Climbing</a> (IFSC)</li>

<li><a href="International_Climbing_and_Mountaineering_Federation" title="International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation">International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation</a> (UIAA)</li>

<li><a href="UIAGM" class="mw-redirect" title="UIAGM">Union Internationale des Associations de Guides de Montagnes</a> (UIAGM)</li>

<li><a href="Union_of_International_Mountain_Leader_Associations" title="Union of International Mountain Leader Associations">Union of International Mountain Leader Associations</a> (UIMLA)</li></ul>

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<li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="WikiProject"></span></span> <b>WikiProject</b></li></ul>

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