grappling hooks
Thrown anchor tools
Grappling hooks are hooked devices attached to ropes, thrown or launched to catch onto surfaces for climbing or pulling.
Used historically in naval warfare to draw ships together for boarding, and in scaling walls.
Modern uses include rescue operations, rock climbing, and action-movie escapes: He threw the grappling hook onto the roof and climbed up.
Spring-gated metal link
harness · piton · crampon · ice axe · quickdraw · crevasse · rock face · overhang
Entering a vehicle
- shipSeagoing transport vessel
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
- gunwaleShip's side top edge
- deckShip's flat surface
hull · vessel · rope · hawser · capstan · cleat · mooring · seafaring
One who investigates unfamiliar regions
- questSeeking journey for something
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- treasureValued wealth or keepsake
- jungleDense tropical forest
cave · chasm · cliff · castle · fortress · scaling · escape · rooftop
Rotary-wing aircraft
- cliffVertical rock wall
- extractionAct of removing
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- lifelineEssential connection to safety
rope · harness · search and rescue · firefighter · emergency · survival · recovery · escape
Entering a vehicle
- plunderGoods seized violently
- swashbucklerDaring, flamboyant swordsman
- buccaneerCaribbean colonial-era pirate
- corsairPirate or pirate ship
privateer · galleon · brigantine · treasure · cutlass · Jolly Roger · marauder · loot
carabiner
Spring-gated metal link
rope · harness · piton · crampon · ice axe · quickdraw · crevasse · rock face · overhang · chimney
boarding
Entering a vehicle
deck · hull · vessel · rope · hawser · capstan · cleat · mooring · seafaring · sailor
explorer
One who investigates unfamiliar regions
jungle · cave · chasm · cliff · castle · fortress · scaling · escape · rooftop · zipline
helicopter
Rotary-wing aircraft
- cliffVertical rock wall
- extractionAct of removing
- evacuationRemoval from danger
lifeline · rope · harness · search and rescue · firefighter · emergency · survival · recovery · escape · swift water
boarding
Entering a vehicle
- plunderGoods seized violently
- swashbucklerDaring, flamboyant swordsman
- buccaneerCaribbean colonial-era pirate
corsair · privateer · galleon · brigantine · treasure · cutlass · Jolly Roger · marauder · loot · shipmate
- pirate raidscutlass, cutlasses, plunder, pirates, buccaneers
- naval warfarenaval battles, naval battle, battleship, destroyer, sea battles
- Ancient Naval Warfaregalleys, triremes, ramming, boarding, naval battles
- Somali piracyhijacking, ransom, hostages, skiffs, pirate attacks
- Ninjaninja, shinobi, kunoichi, ninjutsu, shuriken
grappling hooksladder
Portable climbing frame
stairs · elevator · escalator · scaffolding · rope ladder
grappling hookspush pole
Rod for poling boats
release mechanism · quick-release · ejector · detacher · pry bar
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