Sports

Sports

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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open book

Sports; Climbing

An inside angle in the rock. See also dihedral.

corner

Sports; Climbing

An inside corner of rock, the opposite to an arête (UK). See Dihedral.

dihedral

Sports; Climbing

An inside corner of rock, with more than a 90-degree angle between the faces. See also corner and arête.

deadman anchor

Sports; Climbing

An object buried into snow to serve as an anchor for an attached rope. One common type of such an anchor is the snow fluke.

epic

Sports; Climbing

An ordinary climb rendered difficult by a dangerous combination of weather, injuries, darkness, lack of preparedness or other adverse factors. See Punter.