page_title: Rock-climbing equipment
section_title: Sling
hierarchical_section_title: Rock-climbing equipment / Sling
caption_attribution_description: English: Petzl
context_page_description: A wide range of equipment is used during rock or any other type of climbing that includes equipment commonly used to protect a climber against the consequences of a fall.
  See also the Glossary of climbing terms for more equipment descriptions.
context_section_description: A sling or runner is an item of climbing equipment consisting of a tied or sewn loop of webbing that can be wrapped around sections of rock, hitched (tied) to other pieces of equipment or even tied directly to a tensioned line using a prusik knot, for anchor extension (to reduce rope drag and for other purposes), equalisation, or climbing the rope.
caption: Climbing slings
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