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This page describes terms and jargon related to climbing and mountaineering . Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Ablation zone The area of a glacier where yearly melting meets or exceeds the annual snow fall. Abseil The process by which a climber may...
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To mantle in rock climbing is to perform a specific move, typically to get a climber up onto a ledge. The motion can be visualised as being similar to that used to get out of a swimming pool without stairs or a ladder. Reaching up, the climber puts one or both hands on the ledge and raises his body gradually. At some point the climber will be high enough to change the force being exerted, from...
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Sport climbing is a style of rock climbing that relies on permanent anchors fixed to the rock, especially bolts , for protection . The term is used in opposition to traditional or adventure climbing . The activity emphasizes the gymnastic and athletic aspects of climbing and can be undertaken with relatively little equipment (provided that someone else has equipped the route...
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This article is about the aircraft manoeuvre. See climbing for the sport An Embraer ERJ 145 of Air France on the climb The climb is the part of a flight of an aircraft , after take off , consisting of getting the aircraft to the desired cruising altitude. More generally, the term 'climb' means increasing the altitude. A pilot generally induces a plane...
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Aid climbing is a style of climbing in which fixed or placed protection is used to make upward progress. In the Yosemite Decimal System used in the US, it is sometimes called "6th class" climbing. The term contrasts with free climbing in which no artificial aids are used to make progress, just the climber's hands and feet. Aid climbing places less emphasis on athletic fitness and physical...
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In climbing , climbing on sight means that a climber is attempting a route that they have never attempted before, nor have they seen anyone else attempt. Prior knowledge of a route, for example having watched someone do the moves, or having heard them describe the climb, is called beta . This term likely comes from showing Betamax videos of someone making a climb to potential climbers of the...
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This page describes terms and jargon related to climbing and mountaineering . Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Ablation zone The area of a glacier where yearly melting meets or exceeds the annual snow fall. Abseil The process by which a climber may descend on a fixed...
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Ants Climbing a Tree (or variously Ants Climb Tree , Ants Climbing Up a Tree , etc.) is a classic Chinese dish of Sichuan cuisine . It consists of a ground meat cooked in a sauce and poured over bean-thread noodles. It is so called because the bits of ground meat that cling to the noodles evoke an image of ants walking on twigs. Other ingredients typically used to make the dish: rice vinegar...
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To make climbing as safe as possible, most climbers use protection to prevent injury to themselves and others. There are a number of ways to protect a climb: The climbing system in which the climber places running belays (temporary or permanent anchors in the rock, attached to the rope via carabiners ) and the belayer manually arrests the climber's fall by locking the rope. Top-roping...
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Traditional climbing , abbreviated to "trad", is a style of rock climbing in which routes are climbed from the bottom up, without using artificial aids to progress (just the climbers' hands and feet), and where temporary protection is placed by the lead climber as they ascend. It is a form of free climbing . In the United Kingdom , "traditional" means that all protection is placed by the leader...
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