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

on-sight

Sports; Climbing

A clean ascent, with no prior practice or beta.

moat

Sports; Climbing

A crevasse that forms where the glacier pulls away from a rock formation.

whipper

Sports; Climbing

A lead fall from above and to the side of the last clip, whipping oneself downwards and in an arc. Has come to be the term for any fall beyond the last placed or clipped piece of protection.

runner

Sports; Climbing

A bit of gear in the rock with the rope attached to it (usually via a quick draw).

jug

Sports; Climbing

A shortened term for Jumar, both noun and verb.

wand

Sports; Climbing

A bamboo stick with a small flag on top used to mark paths over glaciers and snow fields.

sit and spin

Sports; Climbing

A method of starting a rappel from a cliff edge, accomplished by sitting with legs over the edge and then spinning around to face the cliff while planting feet on the face.