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

open grip
A way of holding handholds

overhand knot
A simple yet strong knot, sometimes called a granny knot

overhang
A rock feature that leans towards the climber

peg
An piece of aid climbing equipment

pinch
A way of holding a handhold

pinkpoint
Style of climbing

pitch
Climbs that are longer than one rope length are divided into pitches

piton
See peg.

placement
See protection.

pocket
A type of handhold

pop
A dyno but your feet stay on the footholds.

problem
A name for a bouldering route

protection
A climber has to keep themselves safe as they climb

prussic a type of knot
A small loop of rope is wrapped around the climbing rope using this knot

pump
Sustained climbing leads to the arms becoming tried

quickdraw
A piece of equipment that is used to fix a rope onto the protection

rack
All of the climbers equipment

rappell
An American term for Abseil

redpoint
A style of climbing

retro flash
A style of climbing

rock climbing knots clove hitch
A knot used to clip a rope onto krabs

rock climbing nut nut
A type of climbing protection that is wedged into V shaped cracks.

rock climbing protection hex
Short from Hexcentric

rockover
A climbing technique

rp
A brand name for a very small nut.

run out
See bold.

runner
Often used to describe protection.

sandbag
A route that is much harder than it appears or than its grade suggests.

scottish vd
A typical sandbag route, often really easy climbing followed by an extremely hard finish.

scrambling
A mix between climbing and walking

screamer
A type of equipment that is attached to protection

second
The second person to climb the route

semi static rope
Often called a static rope

sharp end
A term often used to describe leading.

sidepull
A hand hold that its orientation forces you to pull sideways on it.

slap
The sound make when a climber desperately grabs a handhold.

sling
A length of Nylon or Dyneema tied into a loop

sloper
A type of handhold that does not have a positive edge

smearing
A very common climbing technique

snaplink
A strong metal clip that has a gate, which allows the climber to clip things into it

solo
Climbing the route with no ropes

spa
A climbing instructor award stands for Single Pitch Award

spike
A small rock feature that sticks upwards

sport climbing
A type of climbing that uses pre-placed bolts instead of natural protection

spotting
A term taken from gymnastics

step through
A climbing technique where the climber crosses one leg underneath the other in order to reach a foothold.

stitch plate
A type of belay plate.

stopper knot
A knot used to back up the main knot

taping up
Crack climbing can be extremely tough on your skin

tat
Old climbing rope that has been left on the route

thank god hold
A large hold that come at the end of a hard sequence of moves.

thread
A small hole in the rock that goes in at one point and comes out at another

topping out
Reaching the top of the climb or boulder problem.

toprope
This is similar to a bottom rope in that the climber rope is above the climber as they climb the route

traditional
A type of climbing where the climber will place their own protection as they go

traverse
Some a climber will have to avoid a section of route, as there on no holds or it is too hard

tri cam
A type of protection

twin ropes
Similar to double ropes except both twin ropes must be clipped into each bit of protection or bolt.

undercling
An upside-down handhold that has to be pulled upwards.

via-ferrata
A type of rock climbing that uses fixed metal wires, permanent metal rungs as well as natural rock features

walk-in
Often cliffs have to be walked to before the routes can be climbed

winger
A long fall by the lead climber.

wire
Another name for a nut.

wire brushing
A way of cleaning handholds that can be very damaging to the rock.

yo-yo
A climbing style where the climber falls off and is then lowered back down to the ground, leaving the gear in place

zawn
A small channel going back into a sea cliff

zinc oxdide tape
A type of tape used to wrap around fingers and hands