How To Climb a Big Wall > Fixing Pitches
How to Climb a Big Wall: Fixing Pitches When to Fix Pitches It is common to fix ropes on a big wall. Often this is because you’ve climbed the first few pitches and want to…
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How To Climb a Big Wall > Hauling (Part 2)
How to Climb a Big Wall: Hauling (Part 2) Docking the Haulbag Once the haulbag is at the belay, you’ll need to ‘dock’ it. This means attaching the haulbag to the belay in such a…
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How To Climb a Big Wall > Hauling (Part 1)
How to Climb a Big Wall: Hauling (Part 1) Big Wall Hauling Fundamentals There are different hauling systems you can use to get your equipment up the wall. 1:1 hauling is the simplest and most…
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How To Climb a Big Wall > Packing the Haulbag
How to Climb a Big Wall: Packing the Haulbag A poorly packed haulbag is a nightmare on the wall. Small essential items will sneak their way to the very bottom, or you’ll be unable to…
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How To Climb a Big Wall > Following
How to Climb a Big Wall: Following Cleaning an aid pitch is different than cleaning a trad pitch. Instead of climbing the rock, you will use jumars to ascend the rope. There are two reasons…
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How To Climb a Big Wall > The Belay
How to Climb a Big Wall: The Belay Setting up a big wall belay is more complicated than a standard trad belay but follows some of the same principles. Belays are bolted on most popular…
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How To Climb a Big Wall > Leading
How to Climb a Big Wall: Leading The Lead Climbing Setup Step 1 – On Belay Before you leave the belay (or ground), you’ll need to get set up for the lead. Both climbers tie…
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Aid Climbing and Big Wall Gear
Big wall gear: In addition to regular trad gear, you’ll need some specialist stuff to aid climb. Here is a full description of everything you need.
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Aid Climbing Ratings
Aid Climbing Ratings The Aid Climbing Grading System Every climb receives a grade which determines the length of time and commitment required to climb it, with big wall routes covering grades V to VII. With…
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An Introduction To Big Wall Climbing
An Introduction to Big Wall and Aid Climbing What is Big Wall Climbing? Big wall climbing is a guaranteed adventure. A big wall is essentially a vertical expanse of rock which is too big to…
