Climbing

Climbing

A sport to climb up mountains (usually with steep cliffs) or walls with one's hands and feet.

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Couloir

Sports; Climbing

A steep gully or gorge frequently filled with snow or ice.

High ball

Sports; Climbing

A tall boulder problem. Falling becomes more dangerous due to the increase in height.

Off belay

Sports; Climbing

Called by a climber when requesting that the belayer remove belay equipment from the climbing rope (for example, when cleaning top protection from a lead route). Replied to with Belay off.

Move

Sports; Climbing

Application of a specific climbing technique to progress on a climb.

Hanging belay

Sports; Climbing

Belaying at a point such that the belayer is suspended.

Punter

Sports; Climbing

Any over-ambitious and under-prepared climber. Invariably causes traffic jams on route.

As in, "weighting the rope. " Any time the rope takes the weight of the climber. This can happen during a minor fall, a whipper (long fall), or simply by resting while hanging on the belay rope (see ...