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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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ascender

Sports; Climbing

A device for ascending on a rope.

bollard

Sports; Climbing

A large knob of rock or ice used as a belay anchor.

positive

Sports; Climbing

A hold or part of a hold, having a surface facing upwards, or away from the direction it is pulled, facilitating use.

bergschrund

Sports; Climbing

A crevasse that forms on the upper portion of a glacier where the moving section pulls away from the headwall. Also called a 'shrund.

bolt

Sports; Climbing

A point of protection permanently installed in a hole drilled into the rock, to which a metal hanger is attached, having a hole for a carabiner or ring.

ice hammer

Sports; Climbing

A lightweight ice axe with a hammer/pick head on a short handle and no spike.

crag

Sports; Climbing

A small area with climbing routes, often just a small cliff face or a few boulders.