Ascendeur
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A metal grip that attaches to a rope sling and can be tightened to hold a climber or loosened to allow the climber to move.
"It was the first time that I had used any type of ascendeur on a climb and only did so then because I remembered my exhausted state on Sabre, when I had scratched around on the end of the rope after de-pegging a pitch."
Example
More examples"It was the first time that I had used any type of ascendeur on a climb and only did so then because I remembered my exhausted state on Sabre, when I had scratched around on the end of the rope after de-pegging a pitch."
Etymology
Borrowed from French ascendeur.
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