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Right pole deployed with summer climbing gear (4,6)

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I believe the answer is:

rope ladder

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'climbing gear' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'right pole deployed with summer' is the wordplay.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'deployed' indicates an anagram.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'summer' becomes 'adder' (someone who adds or does sums).
'pole' with letters rearranged gives 'opel'.
'r'+'opel'+'adder'='ROPE-LADDER'

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(Other definitions for rope ladder that I've seen before include "Something to get you down" , "etrier" , "not a stiff route to the top" , "Shaky steps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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