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About
Climbopedia aims to provide structured and accessible knowledge for climbers. The project is still in its early stages. Many things have yet to be written, illustrated and refined. The Climbopedia Team is currently focusing on the singlepitch section. If you would like a quick overview, check the table of content below.
Stay tuned!
Table of content
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Techniques
Image Name Anchor (WIP) Clipping Lowering a lead climber
from an anchor (WIP)Lowering a lead climber
from an anchor -
quick method (WIP)
Pulley (WIP) Rope support with tuber -
Gear
Image Name 
Carabiner 
Tuber 
Quickdraw -
Knots and hitches
Image Name 
Clove hitch 
Figure eight 
Garda hitch 
Munter hitch 
Prusik knot
Latest Changes
2025-11-16 - Updated mediawiki from 1.44.0 to 1.44.2, working on backups. Opened the discussions.
2025-11-15 - Lowering a lead climber from an anchor - Redrawing done. Debugging of the design for desktop + search bar. Working on backups.
2025-11-11 - Lowering a lead climber from an anchor - split into two pages (separated the quick method, reworked the core description, used safebiner for attaching to the rope. Methods for maillons and bolts are yet to be redrawn.
2025-11-09 - New Vector 2022 based design for Desktop (Minerva is still default on Mobile).
2025-11-02 - Added Review state explanation and templates for infoboxes.
2025-11-01 - Lowering a lead climber from an anchor - made description of the robust and of the quick method, added citations, adjusted background for mobile phone usage
Disclaimers
Climbing and mountaineering are dangerous sports. We are not responsible for your actions (Disclaimer, Review note).
The content is now copyrighted by me and NOT free to distribute (Copyright). In the future, the content is planned to become free.
Climbopedia does not collect and process your personal data except data needed for the traffic monitoring like IP addresses (for details, see Privacy policy).
If desired or needed, you can contact me via mail (Contact me).