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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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Problem

Sports; Climbing

Used in bouldering, the path that a climber takes in order to complete the climb. Same as route in roped climbing.

Campus board

Sports; Climbing

Training equipment used to build finger strength and strong arm lock-offs.

Clawing

Sports; Climbing

Use of front points of crampons, ice axe pick and ice hammer pick to climb a slope.

Fall

Sports; Climbing

Undesirable downward motion. Hopefully stopped by a rope, otherwise see mountain rescue. A free-solo belay, the quickest way to reach the ground.

Dead ball

Sports; Climbing

Type of High Ball boulder, where one can possibly die when falling from above.

Bollard

Sports; Climbing

A large knob of rock or ice used as a belay anchor.

Runout

Sports; Climbing

A lengthy distance between two points of protection which in some, but not all, cases might be perceived as frightening or dangerous. May also be used as an adjective to describe a route, or a ...

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