climbing helmet

Scalp protection, heights

A climbing helmet is a protective headgear worn during rock climbing, mountaineering, and similar activities to guard against falling debris and impact from falls.

Unlike cycling or skateboarding helmets, climbing helmets are designed to protect against objects striking from above as well as side impacts: Always wear your climbing helmet in the fall zone.

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Opposites
protection state

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Wearing nothing above

no helmet · helmetless · rockfall · falling debris · head injury

equipment type

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Protective headwear for riders

cycling helmet · motorcycle helmet · football helmet · ski helmet · hard hat

climbing gear function

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Friction-soled rock footwear

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Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G