The Abalakov thread, also known as a V-thread, A-thread, or 0-thread (zero thread), is an ice protection technique named after its inventor, Soviet climber...
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being a "German spy". Abalakov is credited with such inventions as camming devices in the 1930s, Abalakov thread (or V-thread), gearless ice climbing...
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Vitaly Abalakov, also a famous mountaineer, was credited with many climbing equipment innovations and inventions, including Abalakov thread (or V-thread)....
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Yevgeniy Abalakov (1907–1948), Soviet mountaineer, brother of Vitaly Abalakov thread, an ice protection device named after Vitaly Abalakov This page...
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A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 and up to A6 (for "new wave"). See C-grade. Abalakov thread A type of anchor used in abseiling especially in winter and in ice...
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designed tents that avoided a pole in the middle, by using bendable rods threaded through exterior sleeves instead. This widely copied design also increased...
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that SLCDs are only placed in solid, strong rock. Vitaly Abalakov's invention of the Abalakov Cam was the first application to climbing of the principle...
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or nuts when ice climbing. Ice can also be protected using an Abalakov thread or v-thread. Because of the uncertain holding power of ice protection, it...
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involves securing into the ice (e.g. it may require the creation of an Abalakov thread anchor point). Wikimedia Commons has media related to Top rope climbing...
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for protection, with the most common technique being the Abalakov thread (or V-thread/A-thread). This consists of two intersecting tunnels bored into the...
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V W X Y Z See also References Vitaly Abalakov (1906–1986), Russia – camming devices, Abalakov thread (or V-thread), gearless ice climbing anchor Ernst...
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