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passive camming chock [1 record]

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Record 1 1991-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
CONT

A chock can use either a wedging action, a camming (rotating) action, or a combination of the two to hold it in a crack ... a passive camming chock will use any one of these methods ... A passive camming chock has no active parts ... passive cams are directional.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
CONT

Les coinceurs à came simple : [...] se verrouillent dans des fissures (...]

Spanish

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