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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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Sports; Climbing

To use one hold for two limbs, or to swap limbs on a particular hold.

Smearing

Sports; Climbing

To use friction on the sole of the climbing shoe, in the absence of any useful footholds.

Gorp

Sports; Climbing

Trail mix for periodic nibbling to keep high energy level between meals on long climbs or hikes. An acronym for 'Good Ol' Raisins & Peanuts'

Crank

Sports; Climbing

To pull on a hold as hard as possible.

Chimney

Sports; Climbing

A rock cleft with vertical sides mostly parallel, large enough to fit the climber's body into. To climb such a structure, the climber often uses his head, back and feet to apply opposite pressure on ...

Off-width

Sports; Climbing

A crack that is too wide for effective hand or foot jams, but is not as large as a chimney.

Bergschrund

Sports; Climbing

A crevasse that forms on the upper portion of a glacier where the moving section pulls away from the headwall. Also called a 'shrund.

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