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ETRIERS [5 records]

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Record 1 2017-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
DEF

Loop of webbing (flat strips of woven nylon).

CONT

When you loop and tie webbing it becomes a runner. To make a runner you must loop the with a Ring Bend Knot (also called the Water Knot).

CONT

Runners. Sewn runners, always made of webbing, are stronger, lighter, and less bulky than the knotted runners.

CONT

Runners... are necessary for slinging chocks, setting anchors, as rappel loops and as quickdraws [or making] harnesses, Prusik loops, daisy chains, cow's tails, and etriers.

OBS

Climbers usually refer to the cord that they rig their chocks with as slings; when they say runners, they usually mean the webbing loops that they use to connect their rope to their protection.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
DEF

Articulation souple qui permet d'utiliser rationnellement la corde et qu'on ajoute souvent entre le point de fixation et l'ensemble corde-mousqueton.

CONT

Pour la fabrication de vos anneaux de sangle, n'employez que des nœuds spécifiques aux sangles.

OBS

Les anneaux peuvent être aussi de sangle cousue.

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
CONT

Etriers can also be made out of stiff webbing without platforms... This is a variation of the earliest method of all, with webbing replacing the line... webbing étriers get hung up less than those with platforms, and make no noise. On the other hand, the feet do not as a rule slip into webbing étriers as easily as those with platforms.

CONT

A soft étrier is made entirely of webbing. It has 4-6 steps that are formed by loops in the webbing.

OBS

According to the director of the Carleton Village School, and the director of Equinox Adventures, webbing étriers are usually used in pairs.

Key term(s)
  • webbing étriers
  • tape étriers
  • soft etriers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
DEF

Échelle faite au moyen d'une corde à laquelle on attache, au moyen de nœuds, des échelons ou sangles en forme de ganses placés à distance proportionnelle; distinguer l'«étrier de sangles» de l'«étrier à échelons» qui a la forme d'une échelle, deux montants de corde reliés par des échelons de plastique ou d'aluminium.

CONT

L'escalade artificielle se différencie surtout par l'emploi d'une seule corde et d'étriers de sangle [...]

OBS

D'après le directeur de la Fédération québécoise de la montagne et le directeur du Groupe des alpinistes et grimpeurs anonymes, il s'agit d'une petite échelle faite entièrement de sangles plates ou tubulaires. D'après eux, les grimpeurs se servent généralement des deux étriers à la fois; le terme s'utilise donc souvent au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • étriers souples
  • étriers de sangles

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
CONT

The stiffer, non-tubular webbing is best as the steps in the etriers will hold their shape. But for most uses, the soft tubular variety is better as it is easier to work with and holds knots better.

CONT

The most common use for webbing is for runners.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
DEF

Bande tissée plate ou tubulaire dont la largeur varie entre 10 et 25 mm.

CONT

En 25 mm, plates ou tubulaires, les sangles servent à confectionner des anneaux d'assurage ou des étriers dits «américains».

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
CONT

Stirrups, sometimes called etriers, are short ladders used as the principal means of movement in aid climbing.

CONT

These rope ladders, often called "aid slings" or "stirrups" are now a stock tool for this type of rock work.

OBS

According to the director of the Carleton Village School, and the director of Equinox Adventures, etriers are usually used in pairs. Hence, the term is usually found in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • stirrup
  • etrier
  • tape
  • step
  • aid sling

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
DEF

[...] de courtes échelles de trois ou quatre marches dont on se sert en escalade artificielle pour pallier l'absence de prises de pied.

OBS

D'après la Fédération québécoise de la montagne et le Groupe des alpinistes et grimpeurs anonymes, on se sert généralement de deux étriers à la fois; le terme s'emploie donc très souvent au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • étriers
  • étriers à échelons

Spanish

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Record 5 1994-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
DEF

... a steel hook attached to the top of the etrier ... to ease the difficult task of getting an etrier up from below.

CONT

A fifi hook... is sometimes used as a quick means of attaching etriers to carabiners.

CONT

The Fifi Hook has every conceivable hanging purpose, for slings, stirrups, rope, rucksacks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
DEF

Crochet qui se récupère facilement en tirant sur une ficelle. Il est utilisé pour suspendre les étriers.

Spanish

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