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Of or pertaining to any organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity or game requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means within a specified set of rules.

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snow fluke

Sports; Climbing

An angled aluminium plate attached to a metal cable. The fluke is buried into snow, typically used as a deadman anchor.

talus

Sports; Climbing

An area of large rock fragments on a mountainside that may vary from house-size to as small as a small backpack. The area, if older and consolidated, may be stable, or the rocks ...

anchor

Sports; Climbing

An arrangement of one or (usually) more pieces of gear set up to support the weight of a belay or top rope.

no-hand rest

Sports; Climbing

An entirely leg-supported resting position during climbing that does not require hands on the rock.

frenchies

Sports; Climbing

An exercise used to develop lock-off strength.

gumby

Sports; Climbing

An inexperienced (or unsafe) climber. (sometimes derogatory)

flapper

Sports; Climbing

An injury consisting of a piece of loose (flapping) skin. A climber will usually just repair these with sticky tape or super glue.