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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

Free solo
Sports; Climbing

Climbing without aid or protection. This typically means climbing without a rope.

Z-clipping
Sports; Climbing

Clipping into an anchor with the segment of rope from beneath the previous piece of protection, resulting in a tangled configuration of the belay rope.

Flagging
Sports; Climbing

Climbing technique where a leg is held in a position to maintain balance, rather than to support weight. Often useful to prevent barn-dooring.

Piton catcher
Sports; Climbing

Clip-on string fastened to piton when inserting or removing, so as to avoid loss.

Free climbing
Sports; Climbing

Climbing without unnatural aids, other than used for protection.

Buildering
Sports; Climbing

The art of climbing on buildings, which is often illegal.

Retro-bolting
Sports; Climbing

The addition of bolts to an existing climb which has already been ascended using natural protection.

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