What is considered specialist climbing equipment?
Specialised climbing equipment can include (but is not limited to) the following items:
- Crampons to walk over snow or ice
- Mountaineering helmet
- Mountaineering boots
- Gloves (other than cold weather protection gloves)
- Avalanche beacons
- Climbing using guides or ropes or rock climbing equipment
- Use of oxygen
- Carabiner - locking and non-locking types
- Belay device
- Rappel devices (descenders)
- Ice axe
- Spinner leashes (minimise the consequences of accidentally dropping a tool)
- Anchor
- Climbing Harness
- Probe
Our policies provide cover for hiking, trekking and tramping is automatically covered up to 3000 m, and up to 6000 m with the Adventure Pack, where specialist climbing equipment is NOT required.