Climbing

Climbing

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

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Climbing

Refers to the last member or the tail of a climbing group. The sweeper's task is to spot and retrieve things that may have accidentally fallen from the preceding climbers; to make sure that no mess ...

headpoint

Sports; Climbing

The practice of top-roping a hard trad route before leading it cleanly.

solo climbing

Sports; Climbing

Setting and cleaning ones own protection on an ascent; climbing by oneself.

scree

Sports; Climbing

Small, loose, broken rocks, often at the base of a cliff. Also an area or slope covered in scree. Scree is distinguished from Talus by its smaller size and looser configuration.

belay slave

Sports; Climbing

Someone that volunteers for, or is tricked into, repeated belaying duties without partaking in any of the actual climbing.

climbing gym

Sports; Climbing

Specialized indoor climbing centres. See gym climbing. (Usually just called a 'climbing wall' in Britain).

sit start

Sports; Climbing

Starting a climb from a position in which the climber is sitting on the floor. This is common in climbing gyms in order to fit an extra move into the climb. Noted as SS or SDS in some topo guides.