Fixed rope
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Fixed rope is the practice of fixing in place bolted ropes to assist climbers and walkers in exposed mountain locations. Used widely on American and European climbing routes but disdained by the purist mountaineer. Many guided expeditions to any of the eight-thousanders will normally setup fixed rope on steep and/or icy sections of the route. For example, on the Hillary Step of Mount Everest, fixed rope is used to reduce the bottleneck of climbers that typically results from climbing this technical section just below the summit.
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