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Climbing

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

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Climbing

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.

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