Climbing equipment#Belay devices

{{Short description|Manufactured gear used in climbing}}

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Climbing equipment refers to a broad range of manufactured gear that is used in the activity or sport of climbing.{{cite book | date=2018 | title=Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills | edition=9th | publisher=Quiller Publishing | author=The Mountaineers|chapter=Chapter 2: Clothing and Equipment |pages=18–41}}

Notable groups include:

• Alpine climbing equipment as is used in alpine climbing and mountaineering
• Deep-water soloing equipment as is used in deep-water soloing
• Ice climbing equipment as is used in ice climbing and mixed climbing
• Mixed climbing equipment as used in mixed climbing and dry-tooling
• Mountaineering equipment as is used in mountaineering and alpine climbing
• Rock-climbing equipment as is used in aid climbing, bouldering, competition climbing, free solo climbing, multi-pitch climbing (including big wall climbing), rope solo climbing, sport climbing, traditional climbing and top rope climbing.
• Via Ferrata equipment as used in Via Ferrata climbing