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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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American death triangle
Sports; Climbing

An anchor which is created by connecting a closed loop of cord or webbing between two points of protection, and then suspending the rope from a carabiner clipped to only one strand of said anchor. ...

Gumby
Sports; Climbing

An inexperienced (or unsafe) climber. (sometimes derogatory)

Anchor
Sports; Climbing

An arrangement of one or (usually) more pieces of gear set up to support the weight of a belay or top rope.

Carabiner
Sports; Climbing

Metal rings with spring-loaded gates, used as connectors. Usually oval or roughly D shaped. Also known as crab or biner (pronounced kar-uh-bee-ner).

Pickets
Sports; Climbing

Long, tubular rods driven into snow to provide a quick anchor.

Horn
Sports; Climbing

Large, pointed protrusion of rock that can be slung. Typically also makes a good hand hold. See bollard, chicken head.

Ice piton
Sports; Climbing

Long, wide, serrated piton once used for weak protection on ice.

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