Safety equipment used for both free and artificial climbing
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Photos and montage by Martine Lavallée.
Above: the five first pieces of equipment that have to be inserted into cracks in the rock wall using a hammer. From left to right starting from the top: wooden wedge, bongs, pitons, hexes (or eccentric camming devices), ACDs (active camming devices or tricams) and hammers.
Below are other devices that can be used in artificial or free climbing, most of which are pitons in different forms.
Various metal parts that can be fixed in the rock in order to secure a climber during the ascent.