Climbing

Climbing

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

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cordelette

Sports; Climbing

A long loop of accessory cord used to tie into multiple anchor points.

buttress

Sports; Climbing

A prominent feature that juts out from a rock or mountain.

dyno

Sports; Climbing

A dynamic move to grab a hold that would otherwise be out of reach. Generally both feet will leave the rock face and return again once the target hold is caught. Non-climbers would call it a jump ...

chalk bag

Sports; Climbing

A hand-sized holder for a climber's chalk that is usually carried on a chalkbelt for easy access during a climb.

screamer

Sports; Climbing

# A long and loud fall. # A nylon webbing structure consisting of one large loop sewn in multiple places to make a shorter length. The stitch-points are intentionally sewn with less than maximum ...

swami belt

Sports; Climbing

A kind of proto- climbing harness consisting of a long length of tubular webbing wrapped several times around the climbers body and secured with a water knot. Largely eschewed today in favor of ...