Free base

Free base

Climbing with your only protection being a parachute that is deployed in the event of a fall. A combination of free soloing, and BASE jumping.

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free base

Sports; Climbing

Climbing with your only protection being a parachute that is deployed in the event of a fall. A combination of free soloing, and BASE jumping.

free base

Biology; Biochemistry; Molecular biology

The purine or pyrimidine moiety of a nucleoside, nucleotide or nucleic acid that is not attached to the pentose or pentose phosphate moiety.

free base

Language; Slang

A smokable, pure extract of cocaine. * Bart is real big on free base. * Sam likes base, too.

free-basing

Language; Slang

Using free base as a recreational drug. (Drugs.) * Rocko refuses to try free-basing. * He saw what basing did to his brother.

free base party

Language; Slang

A gathering where free base is used. (Drugs.) * Bart has a free base party about once a week. * The cops broke up a free base party in Beverly Hills.

base

Automotive; Automobile

(1) The lowest supporting part of an upright member. (2) The bottom layer or coating in a series of paint coats.

Mount Everest

Sports; Climbing

Mount Everest (Tibetan: ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ; Chinese: 珠穆朗玛峰; Nepali: सगरमाथा) is the highest mountain on earth, measuring 8,848 meters (29,029 ft) above sea level at its peak. It is ...

chimney

Sports; Climbing

A rock cleft with vertical sides mostly parallel, large enough to fit the climber's body into. To climb such a structure, the climber often uses his head, back and feet to apply ...

cairn

Sports; Climbing

A distinctive pile of stones placed to designate a summit or mark a trail, often above the treeline.

crank

Sports; Climbing

To pull on a hold as hard as possible.

bump

Sports; Climbing

To quickly move up a hand or a foot a small distance from one useful hold to another.

clean

Sports; Climbing

To remove equipment from a route. A route that is free of loose vegetation and rocks. To complete a climb without falling or resting on the rope. Also see redpoint. In aid ...