Glossary of climbing terms

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This page explains the terms and jargon associated with climbing and mountain climbing.

These terms can vary greatly between different English speaking countries, so the phrases described here may be specific to, for example, the US and the UK.

Video Glossary of climbing terms

A

Yarns

Abseiling point types used primarily in winter and icebergs. Also known as V-thread.

Ablation zone

Glacier area where annual disbursements meet or exceed the annual snow season.

Abseil

The process by which a climber can climb down a fixed rope. Also known as Rappel .

ACR (Alpine Cock Ring)

The anchor method is similar to the cordelette but dynamically equates. It uses wires and rappel rings.

Adze

A thin blade mounted perpendicular to the handle on the ice ax that can be used to cut footing.

Climbing help

The climbing style where standing or pulling up through devices attached to fixed or stationary protection is used to make progress upward.

Alpine climb

Generally hike on the mountain. May include a mixture of ice-climbing and dry-tooling. The Alpine style generally means carrying all the equipment in a backpack even for a multi-day hike.

Alpine knee

To use your knee as a way to get ground on the climb.

Start Alpine

To make an efficient start on a long climb by packing all your gear the night before and starting early in the morning, usually before sunrise.

Higher disease

Medical conditions are often observed at high altitudes. Also known as Acute mountain sickness , or AMS. Typical symptoms include headache and nausea. Symptoms disappear quickly with reduced altitude.

American death triangle

An anchor created by connecting the loop of a closed or woven loop between two points of protection, and then suspending the strap from the carabiner clamped to just one anchor string. This creates a triangular shape in a net or umbilical cord, which places inward forces multiplied massively in protection, making it a dangerous and ineffective anchor.

Anchor

One or more (usually) more sets of equipment are set up to support the weight of the belay or the top rope.

Approach

Path or route to the start of a technical ascent. Although this is generally a walk or, at least, the fight is sometimes as dangerous as the climb itself.

ArÃÆ'ªte

1. Features such as small ridges or sharp corners facing out on steep rock surfaces
2. ArÃÆ'ªte, narrow rock cliffs formed by glacial erosion
3. Indoor climbing method, where one can use such angles as a handle. See also dihedral.

Arm bar

Squeeze arms to crack and lock in place.

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(from the French word meaning curve ) Used to describe crimping. In this position is usually the first set of hyperextended knuckles and the second has a sharp angle of about 90 degrees. It combines muscle effort with soft tissue strain to apply the load. When used frequently, this position has been known to over-emphasize the tendon on the finger and cause injury.

Ascend

To climb the rope using the tool.

Ascender

Tool to get on the rope.

Aspect

Tilt direction is facing down.

ATC

Proprietary belay devices manufactured by Black Diamond. Has become a generic term for tubular belay devices. ATC originally stood for 'Air Traffic Controller'.

Automatic Belay

A quick method for setting up a two-point anchor in a sports climb, using a climbing rope to cling to the anchor point.

Austrian thread

When a climber falls in the manner in which the ropes they attach run through their feet; when it falls, the rope tightens and delays the climber through the rope rather than the harness.

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B

"B" -grade

The scoring system for bouldering problems, invented by John Gill. Now largely replaced by the "V" scoring system.

ladder Bachar

A piece of training equipment used to improve campusing and core strength.

Clipback

Potentially dangerous errors that can be done while climbing the ascent. The rope is cut into a quickdraw in such a way that the leading edge runs under a quickdraw as opposed to it. If the leader falls, the rope can fold directly over the gate causing it to open and release the rope from the carabiner.

Bail

To retreat from the ascent.

Ball Nut

A type of aid consisting of nuts and movable spheres.

Door-warehouse

If all the climbing points of contact with the wall are on the straight axis, or close to it, the body may be swinging uncontrollably down around this axis, like a door on a hinge.

Bashie

Copperhead intended to hit into the gap

Belay

To protect roped climbers from falling by passing a string through, or around, all types of friction increases the tethering device. Before the belay device is found, the rope is simply passed around the belayer's hip to create friction.

Belay device

Mechanical tools used to create friction during belaying by putting a bend in the rope. Many types of belay devices exist, including ATC, Grigri, Reverso, Sticht plate, eight and bulbs. Some tethering devices can also be used as derivatives. A Munter hitch can sometimes be used instead of a belay device.

Belay Loop

The strongest point in harness. This is the loop you use on your tethering device. You do not have to tie anything around a belt loop like a daisy chain or sling. Belay loops will wear out faster.

Open again

Called by the belayer to confirm the belay has been removed from the climbing rope. Response to Inactive request.

Belay on

Called by the belayer to confirm the belay has been (re) applied to the climbing rope. Response to tethering request.

Belay slave

Someone who volunteered, or was deceived, was repeatedly denied duty without taking part in the actual ascent.

Belay Station

The place where belaying belayer, when anchored to stone or other objects.

Benightment

Bivouac's unscheduled nights are often epic.

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A ravine that forms at the top of the glacier in which the moving part withdraws from the headwall. Also called 'shrund. [/Dd]

Beta

Suggestions on how to successfully complete (or protect) certain climb routes, rock bits, or core sequences. Some climbers believe that beta 'taints' is a climb.

Flash beta

A clean climb from the climb on the first attempt, having previously gotten a beta or when the beta is lifted off the ground on the way. See also the view.

Bicycle

Techniques used to keep the leg while climbing overhang. One foot is placed on the footrest and the other foot is placed behind the footing in the position of the hook. The climber can now press the handle between the legs.

Bidoigt

(French "two fingers") The climbing handle, usually a pocket or hueco, which has enough space for two fingers. See also mono.

Large wall

Climb where most parties will spend more than a day. The style of large walls generally refers to transporting the required equipment (food, water, sleeping bags) in a sleeping bag. Instead of bringing equipment to their people, the climbers put it in a carrier bag and raised it on the sidelines of the pitch.

Biner

Lihat Carabiner.

Bivy (or bivvy)

From the French "bivouac". A camp, â € <â €

Bivy-bag

Lightweight clothing or sack that offers full body protection from wind and rain.

Bollard

A large button of stone or ice used as anchor belay.

Bolt

The protective point is permanently installed in a hole drilled into a rock, where a hanger is fitted, has a hole for the carabiner or ring.

The bolt cuts

A deliberate and destructive deletion of one or more bolts.

Bomb-resistant reader

Really safe markers. Also known as bomber . Bomber can also refer to a very strong grip or footing ("Bomber Jug")

Books or open book

The inner corner of the rock. See also dihedral.

Booty

Gear tertinggal di area pendakian.

seat Bosun

To reduce the pain of heavy duty climbing using armor; such as belaying the old or running with new routes, climbers install their armor with a special type of chair, which is usually lightweight and has many ropes and high-end clasps. A similar type is also used in industrial climbing.

Bouldering

Practice climbing on a boulder. Usually this is close to the ground, so the protection takes the form of accidental bearings and spots instead of belay straps.

Bridging

see Stemming

Bucket

Pegangan besar.

Bumbly

Incompetent beginners or climbers.

Bummer

The slang word, referring to a difficult or uncomfortable handle, is often the one that tears the skin on the hand.

Bump

The technique of climbing where a hand or foot is moved to one hatch, then quickly moves up to the lap of further. This is often done in short distance forward from the inferior grip to the higher.

Buildering

The art of climbing in a building, which is often illegal.

Butt

Prominent features that protrude from rocks or mountains.

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C

Cairn

Different stone piles are placed to point to the top or mark the trail, often above the trees.

Cam

The spring kit used for protection.

Camming

Movement or position where rotation of parts of the apparatus or body part presses tightly against the stone, creating friction and holding it in place. Like on a Spring-loaded camming device, Heel-Toe Camming , or kamer knee.

Campus

Action climbing without any foot.

Campus board

Training tools are used to build strong finger strength and arm locking.

Carabiner

Metal ring with spring-loaded gate, used as a connector. Usually oval or approximately D. Also known as crab or binary (pronounced kar-uh-bee-ner ).

Lime

Compounds used to improve grip by absorbing sweat. Actually this is gymnastics chalk , usually magnesium carbonate. Its use is controversial in some areas.

lime bag

A hand holder for climbing chalk which is usually carried in lime for easy access while climbing.

Chest jam

Crammed the torso into the wide gap, to rest.

Cheese Grater

Slide down by climbing the slab style.

Chicken head

see the milestone, the horn.

Chicken Wing

This is a crack climbing technique. A hand is placed on one side of the crack and the shoulder on the other side.

Chimney

1. A rock crevice with vertical sides mostly parallel, large enough to fit into the body of a climber. To climb such a structure, climbers often use their head, back, and legs to apply opposite pressure on the vertical wall.
2. The process uses such a technique ( chimneying ).

Chipping

Improve endurance by permanently altering stones, which are considered unethical and unacceptable.

Chock

1. Mechanical tools, or slices, are used as anchors in the gap.
2. A natural stone sandwiched in a crack.

Choss

Loose or "rotten" stones.

Classification

View Classroom.

Clawing

Use of the crampon's front point, pick ice ax and ice hammer to climb the slope.

Clean

1. To remove equipment from the route.
2. A route that is free of vegetation and loose rocks.
3. To complete the ascent without falling or resting on the rope. Also see redpoint.
4. In the ascent of aid, abbreviated as "C", a route that does not require the use of hammers or additional invasive protection (such as pythons or copperheads) into the rock (see protection).

Cleaner

Device to remove jammed equipment, especially nuts, from the route. Also known as the nut key or nut tool .

Climbing area

Areas that are abundant with climbing routes.

Climbing Order

Short phrases used for communication between climbers and belays.

Ascend gym

Indoor climbing halls. See sports climbing. (Usually just called 'climbing the wall' in England).

Ascending shoes

Footwear specially designed for climbing. Usually fitting, with rubber soles.

Hiking technique

Specific techniques, or moves, are usually applied in ascent.

Climb wall

Artificial stone, usually in rock climbing.

Clipping in

Process attaches to belay lines or anchors for protection.

Clipstick

Lihat klip Stick.

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Small pass or "saddle" between two peaks. Very good for navigation as when standing on one it always goes down in two, opposite, direction and rises in two directions between them.

Cold shuts

Industrial hardware used to connect or repair steel chains, occasionally adapted by climbers as anchor repellent. Cold clumps can be open, closed or welded. Open cold shuts are unchanged hardware, hammered closed and sometimes welded, resulting in safer anchors.

Copperhead

A small nut with a head made of soft metal on a wire loop.

Cable lock

keys or toggles are used to tie the rope with gloved hands. Used in most mountain climbing.

Cordelette

The long circle of accessory cable used to bind to some anchor points.

Corner

In stone corners, opposite to cedar (English). See Dihedral.

Cornice

The edge overhanging the snow on the ridge.

Couloir

A steep mound or gorge that is often filled with snow or ice.

Climbing ascent

To rise to the surface of the stone by the body part squashed into the crack, it is not a climb of the face. See jamming and chimney.

Crag

Small area with climbing routes, often just small cliffs or some big rocks.

Crampon

Metal frame with nails attached to boots to improve safety in snow and ice.

Cramponing

1. Use crampons to rise or fall on the ice, preferably with the maximum number of crampon points into the ice for weight distribution.
2. Accidentally pierced something with a crampon spike.

Crank

To pull a handle as hard as possible.

Crash pad

Thick bases used to soften landings or to cover hazardous objects in case of falls. View : Bouldering mat

Crater

Hit the ground at the bottom of the collapse instead of being caught by a rope.

Crimp

1. A handle big enough to be gripped with a fingertip.
2. The process of holding the crimp.

Crux

The hardest part of the ascent.

Cup

The pressed hand, above or around the side, between the fingers and the palm, forming the cup shape by hand, or applying this type of handle to any bulge or feature. Better known as guppy.

Cut-loose

Where the foot of a climber swings away from a rock in an overhanging field, leaving a climber who only rely on their hands. Also known as "Cut off the feet."

Cwm

(Welsh) A hanging valley, or cirque - a steep semicircular basin on a mountain - sometimes contains a lake; also known as corrie.

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D

Daisy Chain

A special-purpose type of sling with some sewn or tied loops, used in aids and climbing large walls. It is designed to hold the climber's weight, rather than withholding the fall, and while the overall slings will have a power rating comparable to the standard slings, but individual loop sides (pockets) will usually have a much lower rating. This is because the load between the two power ratings can cause broken pocket stitches, allowing attachment devices, usually carabiners, to slide to the end of the sling before being stopped by a greater force of the webbing material itself.

Dead Ball

Type of High Ball Stone, where a person can die when falling from above.

Dead hang

To hang drowsiness, such as the weight held by the tension of the ligament rather than the muscles.

Deadman anchor

An object buried in the snow to serve as an anchor for the attached rope. One of the common types of such anchors is the coincidence of snow.

Deadpoint

Controlled dynamic motion in which the handle is captured with one hand at the top of the upward motion of the body, while one or both legs and the other hand maintain contact with the stone. The dynamic movement in which both feet leave the stone is usually called the dynos.

Dek

1. Land.
2. To touch the ground, usually the result of the fall.

Deep Water Soloing

Free climb up the area that protrudes the body deep enough to make it possible to fall safely. Often abbreviated DWS.

Descender

Devices for a controlled drop on a string. Also called rappel devices. Many tethering devices can be used as derivatives, including ATC, number eight, or even carabiners. See rappel.

Desmond

Fall off the ground (from Desmond Dekker, reggae artist and 'to deck').

Dexamethasone

Pharmaceutical drugs used in the treatment of high altitude cerebral edema and high altitude pulmonary edema. This is usually done on mountain climbing expeditions to help climbers overcome altitude sickness. Also known as "dex".

Dialed

To have a complete understanding of a particular climbing step or route.

Diamox

Drugs used to inhibit altitude sickness attacks. Or known as acetazolamide .

DiÃÆ'¨dre

A dihedral.

Dihedral

An inner stone corner, with an angle of more than 90 degrees between faces. See also angle and level.

Live help

The type of rock climbing that consists of using one or more belay straps to transport the leader to the next protection point.

Dirtbag

climbers live cheaply and support themselves through side jobs to maximize the amount of climb time. Famous practitioners of this lifestyle include Jan and Herb Conn or Fred Beckey.

Double Ropes or Half Ropes

The system in which climbers use two thin straps instead of one thicker. Double straps are often used by traders and alpines. They help manage the drag ropes, reducing the chances of accidentally cutting the rope by the sharp edge of the rock, and allowing full rappeling pitch. Unlike twin ropes, double straps can be cut separately into different parts.

Double Stitch Technique (DRT)

This term indicates the use of double straps.

Double Rope Technique (DdRT)

A method used mainly by tree climbers where the rope passes the support/branch and continues to glide over the limb as the climber rises or falls.

Downclimb

To descend by climbing down, usually after completing the climb.

Drop Knee

Lihat Mesir.

Drag or drag the string

Pull straps occur when friction is generated from a rope that runs over a rock and through quickdraws builds up to the point where it is difficult to move or pull the rope to pin into protection. There are several ways to prevent straggles: protection placements that minimize zig-zaging of the rope and the potential rope pinched or hooked on the rock, the use of long quickdraws such as 24-inch alpine draw and the use of multiple ropes.

Baby's corner drilled or Drilled Piton

This type of anchor is sometimes used in sandstone or other soft rocks instead of bolts. The anchor consisted of a piton angle infant hammered into a drilled hole, which some climber believed was stronger in soft rock than an expansion bolt, which could break the stone. They are very popular on desert routes in the US and can still be found on many routes.

Dry-tooling

Use tools to climb ice like crampons and ice axes on rocks, that is, not on ice.

DÃÆ'¼lfersitz

The rappelling method, without mechanical means, in which the rope is climbed up by a climber and then circles around the hips, on the chest, over the opposite (weak) shoulders, and held by the hand decreased (strong) to adjust the shoulder friction and thus the speed decreased.

Dynamic tethering

Long stopping technique using fine braking to reduce pressure on the point of protection and avoid unnecessary trauma from abrupt stop.

Dynamic strap

A slightly elastic strap that softens falls to some extent. Also tend to be damaged less severe by heavy loads. Compare with static straps.

Dynamic movement

Any movement in which body momentum is used to pick up a handle that should not be reachable. In contrast to static techniques in which a slow and controlled three-point suspension and movement is the rule. When both feet leave a stone, it is called a dyno. When one or both legs maintain contact with the stone, it is called the dead point.

Dynamite starfish

A tight grip, simultaneously marking both feet then proceeding roughly kicking down and down in a desperate effort to produce upward motion; making climbers resemble an explosive bottom feeder.

Dyno

Dynamic movement in which both legs will leave the rock surface and come back after the target is on hold. Non-climbers would call it a leap or a leap.

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E

Edge

Slightly thin on the rock.

Crawl

Use the shoe end on the footing. In the absence of a foothold, greasing is used.

Egypt

Methods to reduce muscle tension in the arm while holding the side handle. One knee ends in a lower position with the body rotating toward the other foot. This can provide longer range as the body and shoulders rotate toward the hold. Also known as "drop knee."

Egyptian Mesian

The same position as bridging or chimneying, but with one foot in front and one behind the body.

Eight-thousander

A mountain that exceeds 8,000 meters above sea level.

Remove

A bouldering step or series of movements in which either a particular holding is placed 'offbounds' or other artificial restrictions are imposed.

Elvis Legs

shabby knees due to tired feet. See Sewing machine.

Epic

Ordinary ascent that is felt difficult by dangerous weather combinations, injuries, darkness, lack of readiness or other adverse factors. View Punter.

ERNEST

Stands for important things to consider when building anchors. Abbreviations stands for Equalized, Redundant, No Extension, Strong, and Timely. See also SERENE.

European Death Knot (EDK)

A flat overhand used to join a pair of straps to be retrievable. Named so as a technique originating from Europe and America initially did not believe it.

Exposure

1. An empty space under climbers, usually referring to a great distance a climber is above the ground or a large ledge, or a psychological sense of this distance because it is not protected, or because the stone corners go because of climbing arÃÆ'ªte or overhang.
2. Hypothermia results from prolonged exposure to cold, wind and rain.

Extreme

Part of the English adjectival rating system, originally short for very/very heavy (XS); now divided numerically into E1, E2, etc.

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F

Face climb

To rise to a vertical stone surface using finger grips, edges and smudges, ie not cracks.

Fall

To inadvertently descend using gravity as a relief. Hopefully it is stopped with a rope.

Leg follows

Instructions on indoor bouldering routes that require leg movement in accordance with previous hand movements, without continued movement.

Features

The protrusion or indentation in the indoor climbing wall permanently formed into the wall itself.

Via Ferrata

The route on the mountain where security is provided by a steel rope or chain, permanently fixed to the rock. This development is often aided by artificial steps or stairs. Usually found in the Alps, also called Klettersteig.

Picture four

Advanced climbing techniques where climbers hook their legs over opposing arms, and then push down with these feet to achieve greater vertical reach. Requires strong strength and grip.

Picture eight

A belay or descender device shaped like "8".

Picture eight vertices

A node commonly used to secure a climber's strap to a climbing rope.

Finger clock or Finger key

The type of jam uses a finger. See climbing techniques.

Fingerboard

Training tools are used to build finger strength.

First ascensionist

The person who made the first ascent.

First Ascent (FA)

The first successful route solution.

First free ascent (FFA)

First ascent without help.

Fist clock

Type jam using hands. See climbing techniques.

Strap fixed

Ropes that have fixed attachment points. Usually used for abseiling or climbing aid.

Mark

A climbing technique in which the foot is held in a position to maintain balance, rather than to support weight. Often useful to prevent warehouse doors. There are three types of tagging:

1. Normal flag: The foot tag is on the same side (eg marking with the right leg out to the right side of the body)
2. Reversing the flag: Where the thrown foot is crossed in front of the foot on the footing
3. Overturns the outer flag: Where the legs are crossed behind the foot on the footing

Flake

1. A thin piece of stone slipped from the main face.
2. A rope-binding method in which the rope is run through the climber's hands and allowed to fall into the pile on the ground. Useful when preparing a rope for a circle, or before starting a lead ascent, to make sure the rope is fed clean and without corners. Often called "throw" the rope.

Flapper

Injury consisting of a loose piece of leather (packing). A climber will usually just fix it with masking tape or super glue.

Flash

To successfully and cleanly complete the climbing route on the first attempt after receiving a beta of some form. Also refers to this type of climbing. To climb on the first attempt without receiving a beta, look at the view.

Flatlander

Non-pendaki.

Flute

Fins that are usually unsafe or rock or ice fragments.

Follow

What the second did.

Font

French bading scoring system.

Foot clock

Also known as the heel-to-toe sleeve. This involves jamming the foot into a larger gap by turning the foot into place, the contact with the cracks being in the heel and toes.

Fourteener

The 14,000 foot (4,300 m) high mountain in the adjoining United States.

Free base

Climb with your only protection is the parachute that is deployed during the fall. Combination of free solo games, and BASE jumping.

Hiking free

1. Climb without unnatural help, other than used as protection.
2. Often used by non-climbers as a synonym for soloing.

Solo free

Ascend without help or protection. This usually means climbing without a rope.

French free

Also known as French Ascent , or French Liberation , is the use of climbing aid techniques for cutting off sections due to climbing difficulty, rock conditions, etc.; usually only for the shorter part of the total climb.

Frenchies

The exercises used to develop a lock-off force consisting of pull-ups that stop with the elbows locked at an angle between 20 and 160 degrees.

Friable

Smooth and easily damaged, often dangerous.

Friction

Climbing techniques rely on friction between slant and shoe to support the weight of the climber, as opposed to using a handle or edge, cracks, etc.

Friends

The name brand of the spring cameras (SLCD) made by Wild Country, is sometimes used to refer to any type of spring camming device.

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G

Gaston

The climbing handle using one hand with the thumbs down and the elbows out, is often regarded as the pull of the opposite side. The grip holds the friction hold by pressing outwards toward the elbow.

Gate Flutter

Action gate at the opening of the carabiner when it falls.

Gendarme

A peak or isolated stone tower is often found along the ridge.

Geneva rappel

A modified dammersitz rappel using a hip arm and downhill for friction, rather than chest and shoulders, offers less complexity, but less friction and less control. The 'Geneva style' is also a description used in Australia for what is often referred elsewhere as 'Australian Rappelling'.

Glacier travel

walk or climb a glacier; the rope is usually used to capture the fall into the crevass, but the protection is not used.

Glissade

Actions that usually volunteer glide down the steep slope of the snow.

Golden Retriever

When a climber is clearing the route and forgets to pull a piece or untie the rope and start climbing over the piece that makes the top rope ineffective.

Gorp

Trail mix to bite periodically to maintain a high level of energy between meals by long climbing or climbing. Its name comes from "good raisins and beans."

Class

1. Measured as an objective measure of the technical difficulty of climbing or specific bouldering problems. More often very subjective, however.
2. Tilt of the slope. (Value (geography))

Graunchy

Routes (often wide) that require the use of unusual and uncomfortable techniques.

Green Point

Climbing the sport route using traditional equipment.

Grigri

The belay device is designed to be easy to use and safer for beginners as it is aided by braking under load. Invented and produced by Petzl. Many experienced climbers advocate using atc tools for beginners.

Grasp

Fear. Also more gripping rocks.

Enriched

Inadvertently going off-route while leading and getting lost on a rock surface in a much more difficult area than the climb is being made. The word came from the "Gronk" climb in Avon Gorge which is famous for this.

Grovel

Climb with a style or technique that is obviously bad.

The ascent route is judged without redeeming the virtue.

Gumby

Inexperienced climbers, ignorant and unconscious; is a derogatory term. Gumbies is not able to learn.

Guppy

Synonyms for trophies, commonly used in bouldering.

Rock climbing

Climb indoors, on artificial climbing wall. This is usually for training but many people consider this a valuable activity in itself.

Ball Grease

Routes that have gone up excessively, cause the stone to be slippery or "greasy".

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H

HACE

High Altitude Cerebral Edema - a severe illness, and often fatal, altitude form.

Hamster

The act of withdrawal with both arms parallel to your chest. Resembles a Hamster while breastfeeding. The sloper needed some hamstering to get to the next step.

Hand clock

Make progress by inserting the hand (usually vertically with the topmost thumb) into the crack and then pushing the thumb down toward the palm of the hand. It extends hands and can make a very secure placement. In the UK this move is credited with facilitating progress in free climbing in the late 1940s and 50s by climbers like Joe Brown and Don Whillans even though they did not create it. '

Hand traverse

Traverse without a firm footing, ie smudges or heels.

Hangdog

When leading the climb or on a rope, to hang a rope or a piece of protection to rest.

Hanging belay

Belaying at a point in such a way that the belayer is suspended.

HAPE

High Altitude Pulmonary EdemaÃ, - a serious form of altitude sickness.

Harness

Woven web tools sewn around waists and thighs designed to allow one to hang safely in the air.

Haul Bag

A large and often heavy bag to which toys and climbing equipment can be thrown.

Headpoint

Practice top-roping hard trade routes before leading them clean.

Headwall

Terrain at the top of a dramatic cliff or cliff.

Heel hook

Using the back of the heel to apply pressure to the hold, for balance or leverage; this technique requires pulling with the heel of the foot by stretching the hamstring. This technique is famous for in many forms of climbing using the toes to push.

Heel-toe

Combination hook and heel leg hook. Also known as a heel-toe cam, involves the use of opposing pressure from the toes and heel between two handles to hold the body against the wall.

Helm

Also known as
brain basket or skid cap . It can save your life, but only when worn.

Hendrix

.

hex Hexcentric

Protective devices. This is an eccentric hexagonal pea attached to the wire loop. Peanuts are inserted into the crack and held by back pressure. Often simply called Hex .

High Ball

The big rock problem. Falling becomes more dangerous because of the high increase.

Himalaism

Ascend grows in the Himalayas. In the wider sense of climbing this Himalayan mountain, similar to the nature of climbing in the Himalayas, but also growing in other high mountains, where the peak heights above 7,000 meters above sea level are Karakoram, Kunlun, Hindu Kush, Pamir, Tien Shan, Daxue Shan.

Hold

Place to temporarily stick, hold, jam, press, or stand in the climbing process.

HMS Carabiner

A round carabiner for use with Munter hitch (from the German name for obstruction; Halbmastwurfsicherung ).

Refreshed

Be at the peak of mental and physical fitness to climb.

Hook

1. Tools used to climb help.
2. A climbing technique that involves hooking a heel or toe with an anchor to balance or provide additional support.

Horn

Large, spiky rocky bulge that can be draped. Usually also make a good grip. Known in the UK as "Spike". See bollard, chicken head.

Hueco

(Spanish hueco "hole") The climbing handle consisting of a pouch on a rock, usually round and in and featuring a positive lip. Huecos vary in size from accommodating one finger (this is also called "mono") until it is large enough to fit the whole body of a person. The term hueco enters the climber jargon of the famous Texas Hueco Tanks climbing area known for this kind of detention.

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Ice ax

A practical tool for security and balance, has a pick/adze head and a spike at the end of the shaft.

Ice hammers

Light ice ax with a hammer head/hold on a short handle and no spikes.

Ice Piton

Long, wide, jagged pythons were once used for weak protection on ice.

Ice Screws

Screws used to protect climbing on steep ice or to set up a crevasse dive system. The most powerful and reliable is a modern tubular ice screw that ranges in length from 10 to 23 cm.

Ice tool

A special elaboration of modern ice axes (and often described as widely as ice axes or technical axes), is used in ice climbing, mostly for more difficult configurations.

Indoor climb

View sports climbing.

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Jack Flash

Climb the second one away.

jamming

Clamping a body part into a crack.

Jib

Very small footing, usually just big enough for big toe, sometimes very dependent on friction to support weight.

John Travolta

Stabilize the coats by pushing one or two fingers into the crimp with the arms stretched over the head (referring to dancemoves at Saturday Night Fever).

Jug

The short term for Jug Hold, both nouns and verbs.

Jug hold

Large handles, easy to hold. Also known as just jug .

Jumar

1. Mechanical type of ascender.
2. To climb the rope using mechanical ascender.

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Karen

View Cairn.

Knot Klemheist

Alternative to the Prusik node, useful when climber lacks a rope but has lots of net fabric.

Knee Bar or Kneebar

Involves camming your lower or knee thighs against the protruding stone parts, usually with the legs pushing against the opponent's handle. Kneebars can be very safe and are one of the few ways to get a handseless break on a rock that juts out. They can also provide additional climbing.

Knee Drop

See Egypt.

Knots

Climbers rely on many different nodes to tether themselves to the mountain, join two ropes together, cloth to climb the rope, etc.

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Laybacking or liebacking

Climb the vertical edges with the sides pulling the edges with both hands and relying on friction or very small grips for the feet.

Leads ascent

A climbing form where climber climbs a rope to a withdrawal or similar equipment attached to the wall by means of anchor. In traditional climbing, climbers also need to install anchors and quickdraws. In sports climbing, anchors are usually replaced, and quickdraws can be placed or placed by climbers.

Leader Fall

Fall while leading the ascent. Fall from the top of the last climber of the climber. The fallen leader will fall at least twice the distance back to the last part, plus looseness and stretching the rope.

Leashless

Climbing the ice with your ax is not attached to your wrist, if you drop it, they are lost, but the trade off is greater mobility

Leavittation

A technique used to climb a wide outer crack spearheaded by Randy Leavitt and Tony Yaniro, this technique uses hand stamp/fist and foot/key legs.

Liquid Chalk

The form of liquid chalk with a longer lasting time than ordinary lime. This is used on very hard routes and competitions, where repetitive actions require too much energy or time.

Lock carabiner

Carabiner with locking gate, to prevent accidental release of rope.

Lock-off

Uses tendon strength to support weight on the handle without over-exhausting the muscles.

Low Angle

Climb face less than vertical; the opposite of overhang or roof. Same as "slab".

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Mantel (short for hanging shelf )

Steps used to tackle balustrades or features on the stone without any useful grips just above. This involves pushing on a ledge or feature instead of pulling away. In ice climbing, patching is done by moving the hand from the shaft to the top of the ice tool and pressing the bottom of the tool.

Mantle

External cover of climbing rope. The climbing rope uses a kernmantle construction consisting of kern (or core) for external forces and coats called mantles.

Match

To use a handle for two limbs.

Merkel

To pick up another climber's tooth because he can not or because it will be more comfortable.

Trench

A niche that forms in place of glaciers withdraws from rock formations.

Mono

(French monodoigt 'single finger') The climbing handle, usually a pocket or hueco, which has just enough room for one finger.

Mountain rescue

Search and rescue activities that occur in mountainous environments, although this term sometimes applies to search and rescue in other jungle environments. Also see rescue doctrine.

Move

Application of special climbing techniques to advance in climbing.

Move together

The climb method - used in easy Alpine land - where two or more climbers climb at the same time by running the wilderness between them and the belay that is still unused. Similar to simulclimbing, techniques for steep terrain.

Ascent multi-pitch

Climb a route too long for a single belay strap.

Munter hitch

A simple barrier that is often used for belaying without mechanical tethering devices. Or known as Italian hitch or hitch hitch .

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Naturals

In rock climbing: a natural feature of the texture of the wall itself, which can be climbed but can not stand the bolt.

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Permanent granular ice formed by repetitive freezing cycles.

No arm rest

Resting position supported entirely by the foot during a climb that does not require a hand on a rock.

Nub

Small handles that can only be gripped by a few fingers, or toes of a toe.

Nunatak

A mountain or a rock that juts through the ice field.

Nut

A metal slice attached to a wire loop inserted into the gap for protection. See hexcentric.

Nut Key or tool nut

See Cleaner Tool.

Ninja Leg

Placement of the toes is quiet, deliberate, and just above the footing.

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Objective hazard

Dangers in climbing situations stemming from the inherent dangers of climbing locations, are not dependent on the level of climbing skills. Most often it involves falling rock or ice, or an avalanche.

Disable belay

Called by a climber when requesting belayer removes tethering equipment from a climbing rope (for example, while clearing top protection from the main route). Reply with Belay off.

Off-width

Cracks that are too wide for an effective foot or hand jam, but not as big as a chimney.

on tethering

What the Americans call a climber when he's ready to be cheated. Replied with Belay on.

On-sight

Climbing is clean, with no previous practice or beta. To climb on the first attempt by receiving a flash view beta.

Open the book

The inner corner of the rock. See also dihedral.

Overhang

Rock or ice sloped beyond the vertical. See the roof.

Indebtedness

In the position of the debtor, one's back is facing the wall and has a posture resembling a debtor hanging with an outstretched limb. The main debts are used for horizontal traversal. On the left traversal, the sequence begins by stretching the right leg and right hand between the left foot and left hand placement to reach the next supportive rock feature. The sequence is symmetrical.

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Panic Bear

A frantic novice climber clings to the handle while looking for a foothold in despair.

Peak-bagging

To systematically reach the specified peak under specified conditions.

Peel

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