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Mountain Trips - Mountaineering terms Category: Sport and Leisure > Mountaineering Date & country: 28/10/2013, USA Words: 167

abseil
A German word meaning to come down a rope

aid climbing
A means of climbing up a rock face by placing protection into the rock and then standing on special equipment that is clipped in to the protection.

alpine butterfly
A knot used to make a loop in a rope

american triangle
A way of clipping 3 things together (ie

ar
A rock feature, a corner that sticks outwards

arm bar
A climbing move where the climber uses their arm to wedge into a crack.

ascender
A piece of climbing equipment used to help a climber move up a rope.

autoblock
American phase for a prussic knot.

back step
A climbing move where the body is turned sideways to the rock.

belay
A way of holding a rope to keep the climber safe

belay device
Climbing equipment that is used to attach a rope to a harness

belay stance
When a lead climber reaches the top of the pitch they will attach themselves to the rock and belay the second climber

beta
American term for route information, such as where the handholds are and how to hold them.

bicycle
A climbing move used to keep the feet on when climbing on overhangs

big bro
A type of climbing protection used in large cracks

bold
A route that does not have a lot protection

bolt
A metal clip drilled into rock that climbers can clip a rope into.

bomber
A natural protection placement that is amazingly strong.

bottom rope
A way of climbing where the rope is always above the climber

bouldering
Low level climbing often done above crash pads.

bowline
A knot used to tie a loop into a rope

break
A horizontal crack that runs for a couple of metres.

bridge
A climbing move where the feet are placed on two different walls (often the walls are facing each other) and the legs make a

cam
A active piece of protection

campus board
A training aid made of horizontal rungs

chalk
Used to absorb sweat from the climbers hand.

chicken wing
A crack climbing technique

chimney
A large crack that you can fit your whole body in.

chipping
Making new holds in the rock

chockstone
Wedging a small rock into a crack

cleaning
Removing the natural protection as you climb

cordelette
American term for a loop of rope around 7mm thick

corner
A rock feature, opposite to an ar

cow bells
A term used to describe the noise that all the climbers

cow
A length of rope with a krab on one end and the other attached to a harness

crack
A split in the rock

crag
Another name for a cliff face.

crimp
A way of holding small holds

crux
The hardest part of the climb.

daisy chain
A sling that has lots of loops in it

dead end
The ropes coming from the belay plate are given names

dead point
When climbers dyno for holds there is a point when the body is neither moving upwards or downwards, this is called the dead point

deep water soloing
A form of climbing with no ropes

disco leg
The resulting action of being terrified

dogging
Nocturnal activities in a car park or a style of climbing

double ropes
Climbers will often use two ropes when climbing routes

drop knee
A climbing move often used on overhanging rock

dynamic rope
There are two types of rope, dynamic and static

dyno
Jumping for a handhold.

eliminate
A route where you are only allowed to use certain handholds.

elvis leg
See disco leg.

escaping the belay
A term to describe the procedure for the belayer to let go of the belay plate and remove themselves from the belay stance.

exciting
A term often found in guidebooks

exposed
A feeling of been exposed to the environment and the situation you are in

extender
Another name for a quickdraw.

fall factor
When a climber falls off a large amount of energy is created

figure eight
An abseil device that is rarely used outside an instructed abseil session.

figure four
A climbing move where the leg is hooked over the arms to gain extra reach

figure of eight
A classic knot used to tie a rope into a harness.

fingerboard
A board with lots of handholds shaped into it

fisherman
A knot that can be used to tie two ropes together or used to back up the main figure of eight knot.

flag
A climbing move where one foot is placed on a foothold and the other is

flake
A rock feature

flash
A style of climbing

free climbing
An American term used to describe normal climbing, as opposed to aid climbing

gaston
A way of holding a sideways facing handhold

gear
Another name for protection

grade
All climbs are given a grade depending on their difficulty

gri-gri
An mechanically assisted belay plate

gripped
Another name for being frightened

groove
A rock feature used to describe a furrow or a rut within the rock.

harness
Climbing equipment

headpoint
A modern climbing style

heel hook
A technique where a climber uses their foot like a hand

heel-toe jam
A climbing move where the foot is placed in a crack

high step
A climbing move where the climber has to use a high foothold.

highball
A high boulder problem.

hold
Something to place your hands or feet on.

in situ
A guidebook term meaning climbing equipment that has been left attached to the rock

indoor rock climbing egyptian
Another name for a drop knee.

injuries
We are not designed to climb rock

italian hitch
A type of knot that can be used to belay with

jamming
A climbing technique used to climb cracks

jelly fish
See disco leg.

jug
A large handhold.

jumar
An device used to climb a rope

karabiner
A metal clip used to clip things onto

kent climbing slab
A rock feature

klemheist knot
A type of prussic knot.

layback
A type of climbing where the climber leans away from the handhold

leader
The first climber to climb the route will take the rope up with them, attaching it to protection as they go.

live rope
See dead end.

lock off
A type of climbing move often used by the very strong

mantleshelf
A climbing technique where the climber has to push down on a handhold.

mia
Abbreviation for Mountain Instructor Award

micro
Very small nuts.

north wales friend
A brand name for a cam

nut key
A 20cm piece of metal that is used to remove nuts if they become stuck.

offwidth
A size of crack that is too large to fist jam yet too small to fit your body in

onsight
A style of climbing