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In Rock Climbing or Ice Climbing , a pitch is a very steep or vertical section of a route that requires a rope between two belays, as part of a Climbing System . As climbing ropes are usually 45 or 50 metres long, longer routes are often multi-pitch, requiring the re-use of the rope on each pitch. The term pitch is also used by Cavers to refer to a very steep or vertical section (called a drop, pit, or shaft) in a Cave that needs ladders or Single Rope Technique to descend and ascend (a drop that can be descended and ascended without equipment is a '''climb'''). As caving rope lengths are not standardized, the length of a pitch is usually equal to that of the drop. The deepest underground pitch is 603m in Vrtoglavica cave in the Julian Alps in Slovenia . In some cases cavers may choose to split one drop into two or more distinct pitches. However in most cases a single rope or ladder is used for the entire drop, so in practical usage 'pitch' has become synonymous with the terms 'drop', 'pit' or 'shaft'. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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