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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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Sit start
Sports; Climbing

Starting a climb from a position in which the climber is sitting on the floor. This is common in climbing gyms in order to fit an extra move into the climb. Noted as SS or SDS in some topo guides.

Pendulum
Sports; Climbing

Swinging on taut rope either to reach the next hold in a pendulum traverse or after a fall when the last piece of protection is far to either side.

Belay slave
Sports; Climbing

Someone that volunteers for, or is tricked into, repeated belaying duties without partaking in any of the actual climbing.

Dynamic belay
Sports; Climbing

Technique of stopping a long fall using smooth braking to reduce stress on the protection points and avoid unnecessary trauma from an abrupt stop.

Solo climbing
Sports; Climbing

Setting and cleaning ones own protection on an ascent; climbing by oneself.

Climbing gym
Sports; Climbing

Specialised indoor climbing centres. See gym climbing. (Usually just called a 'climbing wall' in Britain).

Hand traverse
Sports; Climbing

Traversing without any definitive footholds, i.e. smearing or heelhooking.

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