equalize Archives - VDiff Climbing https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/tag/equalize/ Safe Rock Climbing Skills Explained Sun, 07 Jun 2026 22:13:01 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/wp-content/uploads/vdiff-logo-Header-36x36.png equalize Archives - VDiff Climbing https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/tag/equalize/ 32 32 Advanced Trad Anchors > The Quad Anchor https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/quad-anchor/ https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/quad-anchor/#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2025 03:00:50 +0000 https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/staging.vdiffclimbing.com/?p=1824 Advanced Trad Anchors: The Quad Anchor What is a Quad Anchor? The ‘Quad Anchor’ is an anchor system which self-adjusts to keep an equal force on each anchor point. It can be better than other...

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]]> https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/quad-anchor/feed/ 2 Advanced Trad Anchors > The Sliding-X https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/sliding-x/ Sun, 28 Dec 2025 02:00:53 +0000 https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/staging.vdiffclimbing.com/?p=3835 Advanced Trad Anchors: The Sliding-X Self-Equalizing Trad Anchors Advantages The main advantage of using a self-equalizing anchor is that it continues to distribute the load equally between the anchor pieces as the loading direction changes....

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]]> Fall Factors and kN Ratings: What They Actually Mean https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/kn-ratings/ https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/kn-ratings/#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2025 22:00:21 +0000 https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/staging.vdiffclimbing.com/?p=379 Fall Factors and kN Ratings: What They Actually Mean kN ratings are shown on all your climbing gear: nuts, cams, slings and carabiners. kN stands for kilo Newtons. 1kN is about 100kg (220lbs for the Americans)....

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]]> https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/kn-ratings/feed/ 6 Trad Anchors > Equalizing Gear https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/anchors-equalize/ Fri, 26 Dec 2025 15:00:51 +0000 https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/staging.vdiffclimbing.com/?p=1588 Trad Anchors: Equalizing Gear The Basics Let’s assume you’ve got two incredibly good pieces of gear or two bolts at the anchor. The easiest way to equalize them together is by using a long (120cm...

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