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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

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... for climbing vertical waterfalls ... the technique would be pure front-pointing with piolet traction ...  1, record 1, English, - piolet%20traction

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As the terrain becomes extremely steep ... tools are used in each hand ... pulling up on the tools is known as piolet traction.  1, record 1, English, - piolet%20traction

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The French christened it piolet traction. The English-speaking world call it front-pointing.  1, record 1, English, - piolet%20traction

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Front-pointing, although often used to designate piolet-traction, is a broader concept which includes the use of the front points on crampons.  1, record 1, English, - piolet%20traction

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

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Les points avant s'emploient en conjonction avec une position de [...] piolet-traction dans [...] les pentes extrêmement raide [...] [Cette technique] s'utilise toujours avec deux outils à glace, quoique, avec la qualité d'ancrage des piolets modernes, on puisse l'utiliser avec un seul, du moins sur des pentes non verticales.  1, record 1, French, - piolet%2Dtraction

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish