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FREIN ASSURANCE [2 records]

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Record 1 2002-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
DEF

A metal apparatus connected to your harness through which you run your rope ...

CONT

All belay devices work in a similar manner. You must push a bight of rope through the device and clip it to your locking carabiner, which is connected to your waist harness.

CONT

A belaying device often greatly simplifies rope-handling problems. The device is normally clipped to the front of the climbing harness, and the rope passes in and out in a small area immediately in front of the belayer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
CONT

Malgré leurs formes différentes, tous les modèles remplissent la même fonction : astreindre la corde à décrire un coude masqué qui, associé aux frottements, suffit à enrayer une chute. Le frein est surtout nécessaire pour l’assurage du grimpeur de tête, et évite au second (l’assureur) de se brûler les mains.

OBS

D’après la Fédération québécoise de la montagne, le terme employé au Québec est «dispositif pour l’assurance».

OBS

Ce dispositif au relais, permet au deuxième de supporter le choc et dissiper l’énergie en chaleur de frottement, par coulissement de la corde lors du freinage.

Spanish

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Record 2 1997-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
DEF

... a new belay device recommended for belaying [or safeguarding] leader and follower alike.

CONT

The Grigri is a [descender] used in a similar way to a figure 8, but it possesses an integral security system that locks into place under sudden force.

CONT

A recent mechanical device from the French company Petzl is the GriGri, which locks off rope that is fed into it via the action of a friction-activated cam, similar in principle to the inertia reel seat-belt device in cars.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
DEF

[Un] dispositif d’assurance du premier ou du second de cordée avec blocage automatique en cas de chute.

CONT

Le Grigri [...] s’utilise de la même façon qu’un Huit pour l’assurance mais possède en plus un système de sécurité intégré qui bloque la corde lorsque l’appareil est soumis à une brusque et forte tension.

CONT

Le Grigri est un [frein d’assurance]. Dans son fonctionnement, [il] ressemble à une ceinture de sécurité : si les mouvements sont doux, la corde coulisse dans les deux sens, s’il y a un choc, le Gri-Gri bloque la corde du grimpeur.

OBS

Aussi peut-il être utilisé comme descendeur autobloquant sur corde simple.

Spanish

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