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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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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 ...

Deadpoint

Sports; Climbing

A dynamic climbing technique in which the hold is grabbed at the apex of upward motion. This technique places minimal strain on both the hold and the arms.

Removable bolt (RB)

Sports; Climbing

Similar in concept to a sliding nut, but shaped to fit into a drilled hole.

Locking carabiner

Sports; Climbing

A carabiner with a locking gate, to prevent accidental release of the rope.

Saddle

Sports; Climbing

A high pass between two peaks, larger than a col.

Schrund

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.

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