Equipment

A sit harness consists of a waist belt and two leg loops which are normally connected in the front of the hips through a permanent webbing loop called a belay loop. These belay loops are extremely strong. For rock climbing, the rope typically goes through the two “tie-in loops” that are above and below the mentioned “belay loop”.

These are the most commonly used harnesses for recreational activities such as abseiling and rock climbing, as they afford a wide range of movement while still maintaining a high level of safety. Ensuring the harness fits correctly is key to avoiding pain in the upper thigh area caused by the leg loops being too tight around the upper legs and groin area, while at the same time ensuring that a climber flipped over in a fall does not slip out.

The waist belt should be tightened snugly. Leg loops should not be particularly tight, but for obvious reasons neither should they have enough slack to allow extraneous parts of a male climber to get caught inside them. If you want to know how harnesses are made and tested: check out this article

Oxo has been supplying Indian made and imported harness and other climbing equipment for more than 10 years.

A carabiner or karabiner is a specialized type of shackle, a metal loop with a spring-loaded gate used to quickly and reversibly connect components, most notably in safety-critical systems. The word is a shortened form of Karabinerhaken a German phrase for a “spring hook. Carabiners are widely used in rope-intensive activities such as climbing, and other adventure activities.

Choosing a suitable carabiner for your activity is an art, this article helps you understand how to choose a climbing carabiner for your needs: Choosing a Carabiner

Oxo supplies all kinds of carabiners required for artificial wall climbing. There are three broad categories of locking mechanisms for carabiners: auto-locking, manual locking (Screw), and non-locking (Plain). Plain carabiners have a sprung swinging gate that accepts a rope, webbing sling, or other hardware.

Life supporting carabiners such as those used in tree climbing need to be strong , but also secure against unintentional opening under use. All carabiners with a spring loaded gate are “self closing” (single action). Several are also “self locking” (double action), some even “self double locking” (triple action). Locking carabiners have the same general shape as plain carabiners, but have an additional mechanism securing the gate. These mechanisms may be either threaded sleeves (“screw-lock”), spring-loaded sleeves (“twist-lock”), magnetic levers (“Magnetron”), other spring loaded unlocking levers or opposing double spring loaded gate.

Oxo Consultants works with international brands like Petzl, Edelrd and Rock empire for supplying auto-lock carabiners for climbing walls.

A dynamic rope is a specially constructed, somewhat elastic rope used primarily in rock climbing, ice climbing, and mountaineering. This ‘stretch’ is what makes it ‘dynamic’, in contrast to a static rope that has very low elongation under load. Greater stretch allows a dynamic rope to absorb the energy of a sudden load such as from a fall more slowly, reducing the peak force and therefore the chance of catastrophic failure. Kernmantle ropes are the most common type of dynamic rope.

Oxo suppliers Indian made and imported dynamic rope for artificial and natural rock climbing. Oxo is amongst the most trusted climbing wall equipment suppliers in India.

A belay device is a mechanical piece of climbing equipment used to control a rope during belaying. It is designed to improve belay safety for the climber by allowing the belayer to manage their duties with minimal physical effort. With the right belay device, a small, weak climber can easily arrest the fall of a much heavier partner. Belay devices act as a friction brake or in other words, when a climber falls with any slack in the rope, the fall is brought to a stop.

Oxo supplies various kinds of descender or manual belay devices as per clients’ requirements. These manual belay devices are also used in Route Setting Services.

Typically, when the rope is held outward, away from the body, it moves relatively freely, so the belayer can take up or pay out slack. When the rope is brought backward, to the side of the body, the rope is forced into tight bends and rubs against the device and/or against itself, allowing the belayer to arrest the descent of a climber in the case of a fall. This rubbing slows the rope, but also generates heat. Some types of belay devices can arrest a fall without the belayer taking any action, while others require the belayer to hold or pull the rope in a particular direction.

Rock climbers frequently connect two non-locking carabiners with a short length of webbing to create a quick draw. These quickdraws are mostly used for lead climbing which is done by professionals and regular climbers. However, quick draws are not necessary for adventure parks that are introducing climbing walls more for fun elements.

Available with most climbing manufacturing brands, oxo offers this climbing equipment in the climbing wall equipment kit along with top belay systems.

Most ignored yet necessary piece of safety for climbing sessions.The climbing helmet is a piece of safety equipment that primarily protects the skull against falling debris (such as rocks or dropped pieces of protection) and impact forces during a fall. For example, if a lead climber allows the rope to wrap behind an ankle, a fall can flip the climber over and consequently impact the back of the head.

Furthermore, any effects of pendulum from a fall that have not been compensated for by the belayer may also result in head injury to the climber.In other words, the risk of head injury to a falling climber can be further significantly mitigated by falling correctly.

Oxo provides certified and climbing standards adhering helmets. oxo recommends that a climbing helmet is worn by everyone during cimbbing.

Chalk is used by nearly all climbers to absorb problematic moisture, often sweat, on the hands. Typically, chalk is stored as a loose powder in a special chalk bag designed to prevent spillage, most often closed with a drawstring. This chalk bag is then hung by a carabiner from the climbing harness or from a simple belt worn around the climber’s waist. As a result, the climber to re-chalk during the climb with minimal interruption or effort. These are a must-have for climbing walls in Gyms

To prevent excess chalking (which can actually decrease friction), some climbers will store their chalk in a chalk ball, which is then kept in the chalk bag. A chalk ball is a very fine, mesh sack that allows chalk release with minimum leakage when squeezed so that the climber can control the amount of chalk on the hands.

Auto-belay devices allow climbers to practice without a second person for belaying. These devices usually hang on or are attached to an artificially made climbing wall. There are several types of auto-belay devices, including ones that run on hydraulics, magnetic braking technology, centrifugal force, and friction.

The TRUBLUE auto-belay system uses magnetic braking. When you move non-magnetic metals through a magnetic field, electromagnetic induction creates a force, called an eddy current, that opposes the initial motion between the two objects. This opposing force doesn’t travel in a straight line; instead, it’s circular. When you fall, the lanyard pulls through the device, which extends aluminum (non-magnetic) rotor arms into a magnetic field, creating a force that opposes that field, thus creating drag, which provides the resistance for braking. Auto belay device is recommended in climbing wall  gyms, climbing wall for adventure parks, climbing walls for hotels

Auto belay device is the most expensive piece of equipment for climbing walls, it is not necessary if you are going for manual belay. Oxo is a leading supplier and provides the best rates for auto belay devices in India.