Mountaineering equipment introduction at Uttarkashi institute

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NIM instructor gives a lecture on mountaineering and rock climbing equipment to mixed winter adventure course trainees. Various equipment introduced: Belay device controls speed suing friction. Used for descending and providing safety/belaying. Plain and screw carabiners Quickdraw or QD used for rock climbing on artificial walls. Ascender or Jumar pulley/ mini traction hammer Seat harness used in indirect rope up This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest HD and 4K collection from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on 4K, 200 fps slow motion and Full HD. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be c