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Climbing

A sport to climb up mountains (usually with steep cliffs) or walls with one's hands and feet.

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Climbing

lock-off

Sports; Climbing

Using tendon strength to support weight on a hand hold without tiring muscles too much.

edging

Sports; Climbing

Using the edge of the climbing shoe on a foothold. In the absence of footholds, smearing is used.

dry-tooling

Sports; Climbing

Using tools for ice climbing like crampons and ice axes on rock.

glacier travel

Sports; Climbing

Walking or climbing on a glacier; a rope is usually used to arrest falls into crevasses, but protection is not used.

jamming

Sports; Climbing

Wedging a body part into a crack.

on belay

Sports; Climbing

What a climber calls when they are ready to be belayed. Replied to with Belay on.

follow

Sports; Climbing

What the second does.

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