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A climbing frame is often a part of playground equipment, which may consist of different materials. Commonly used are metal pipe, plastic, wood or rope designs in different sizes, climb or on which children can hang and sit.

Previously, large, metallic, cuboidal climbers were common on playgrounds, more and more rope constructions today similar function or wooden platforms with ladders, bars, slides and boulder walls. Plastic frames are often indoors.

Climbing poles

In Switzerland stood between about 1943 until the mid- 2000s in gyms and in schoolyards in each village 5 meter high climbing poles. Vertical and oblique rods led to a crossbeam, to which one could sit down. Since 1943 was climbing on the bar one of five sports disciplines in military conscription. Thus, the young men learned to climb, climbing poles were erected throughout the country. Among the schoolboys, it was a dare, perpendicular to climb up and sit on top of the crossbar. In 2002, the climbing test was held for the last time; then it was abolished.

After Switzerland had 1997 Euro standard EN adopted 1176/1177 "Safety in playgrounds " in which the climbing pole was considered too dangerous for generally accessible places that climbing poles gradually disappeared from the schoolyards. Today, only a few available.

Safety

See also: Children's Playground - Legal framework

In Germany there are for climbing devices are used on public playgrounds and children's facilities, strict safety regulations that govern, for example, the requirements on the ground and foundations, height, spacing between bars and the regular review. Above all, this prevents that in a crash serious injuries occur, or that strangle children because cords catch on clothes in columns.

So may climbing equipment since 1998 have a fall height of up to 3 m, 4 m in front of it were allowed. The cable or rope spinning circuses as mentioned can be much higher, since the fall height is always calculated only up to the next layer of cable.

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