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Dry-Tooling
Definition of Dry-Tooling, climbing words for climbing rock with ice climbing gear.
Downclimb
Definition of Downclimb, a climbing word for descending a rock face or mountain using hands and feet.
Crimp
Definition of Crimp, a climbing word for a fingertip handhold
Clove Hitch
Definition of Clove Hitch, climbing words for a knot to tie a rope to a carabiner, anchor, or tree.
Clipping
Definition of Clipping, a climbing word for attaching a carabiner or quickdraw to a piece of gear.
Climbing
Definition of Climbing, a climbing word for ascending boulders, cliffs, ice falls, and mountains.
Clean
Definition of Clean, a climbing word for removing gear from a route, climbing it without any aid moves, or aid climbing without pitons.
Bight
Definition of Bight, a climbing word for an open loop or bend in a climbing rope.
Chipping
Definition of Chipping, a climbing word for creating and altering hand and footholds.
Big Wall
Definition of Big Wall, climbing words for a tall cliff that usually takes several days to ascend.
Bouldering
Definition of Bouldering, a climbing word for ascending boulders and small cliffs.
Bivouac
Definition of Bivouac, climbing word for a a temporary campsite in the open.
Belay Ledge
Definition of Belay Ledge, climbing words for a ledge or shelf on a route where a climber sets up a belay station.
Alpine Style Climbing
Definition of Alpine Style Climbing, climbing words for climbing fast and light in the mountains.
Approach
Definition of Approach, a climbing word for hiking and scrambling to rock faces and mountain peaks.
Anchor
Definition of Anchor, a climbing word for a piece of gear or natural object that ties or anchors a climber to a face.
Alpine Start
Definition of Alpine Start, climbing words for getting an early start on a climbing day in the mountains.
Aid Climbing
Definition of Aid Climbing, a climbing word for ascending cliffs by using the aid of gear for upward progress.
Abseil
Definition of Abseil, a climbing word for rappelling or descending by sliding down a rope.