A writing that protects or secures from molestation or arrest; a pass; a safe-conduct; a passport.
The EU believes that people unable to stay in their home country for fear of being persecuted should be given protection or asylum in the first safe country they reach. (See Asylum: Subsidiary protection of asylum-seekers, Temporary protection)
in mountaineering, special anchor points established during a roped party climb to limit potential fall distances, protecting climbers from severe fall/ground-fall consequences
Safeguard our people and their freedoms, critical infrastructure, property and the economy of our nation from acts of terrorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies.
equipment placed in rock, snow, or ice for safety in the event of a fall; also called pro
Items that are placed during the climb to act as anchors in the case of a fall
Climbing term referring to any anchor (such as a nut, chock, cam, piton) used during a climb to prevent or alleviate a fall.
Hardware such as wedges, camming devices, pitons, and hooks, designed to anchor a climber to the rock. As he or she moves upward, the lead climber places pieces of pro in cracks and crevasses, attaches a carabiner to the pro and runs the climbing rope through the carabiner. If the climber should fall, he or she will -- hopefully -- only descend as far as the last piece of pro.
Any device used to secure a climbing rope to rock, snow or ice to prevent a climber from falling any significant distance.
Any gear used to secure a climbing rope to rock, snow or ice to protect a climber from falling to far.
anchors constructed of nuts and/or cams that allow the climber to be safeguarded against a fall
Any device that is used on a route to safeguard the climber. On climbing walls this is limited to Bolts and Quickdraws.
is something that keeps you safe. It also refers to taxes put on imports in order to protect the domestic industry.
A whimsical term, referring to the oddly shaped bits of metal that climbers stuff into cracks to make themselves feel safer. This term has little connection to its English counterpart.
To defend from trouble or harm. To provide a safe place to live.
A single anchor that the rope runs freely through to protect a climber during a lead
Measure taken to guard against loss / The financial safeguard given by the existence of insurance.
To be kept safe from danger, enemies or injury. Common or available to everyone.
or pro - Apparatus used to protect climbers from needlessly extensive falls, especially the ultimate fall to the ground. Protection includes camming devices, friends, bolts and pitons.
Any anchor (such as a nut, chock, camming device, piton or stopper) used during a climb to prevent a fall.
Anchors that are placed and used to reduce the distance the lead climber would fall should he/she slip
Any anchor - a nut, camming device, ice screw, picket or fluke - used during a climb to minimize the consequences of a fall. Intermediate protection is the pro used between two belay points. To maintain adequate speed equalized anchors are generally not used in intermediate protection.
Also known as gear, The devices that climbers use to prevent themselves from decking out.
To make climbing as safe as possible, most climbers use protection to prevent injury to themselves and others.