![]() Bachar ladder Bachar ladderĪ piece of training equipment used to improve campusing and core body and arm strength invented by John Bachar. B B-grade A grading system for bouldering invented by John Gill, now superseded by the V-grading system. auto belay A mechanical belay device on indoor climbing walls, which hangs from the top of routes that solo climbers clip into. Australian rappel Australian rappelĪlso angel jumping, deepelling and rap jumping.Ī type of abseiling technique performed face first used for military purposes. ATC A belay device from Black Diamond (the "Air Traffic Controller") that became a generic term for any tuber belay device. aspect The geographical direction which a particular slope or rock wall faces, e.g. ascender AscendersĪ mechanical device used for ascending a fixed rope, very common in aid climbing and big wall climbing. armchair landing An armchair landingĪ technique in deep-water soloing for entering shallower water where the climber needs to avoid deeper hazards in the water executed properly a 30-foot (9.1 m) fall can be absorbed in just 5 feet (1.5 m) of water. arm bar A climbing technique where the climber jams their arm into a crack and locks it into place, to aid their ascent. A method of indoor climbing in which one is able to use such a corner as a hold. A narrow ridge of rock formed by glacial erosion. A small ridge-like feature or a sharp outward-facing corner on a steep rock face. ape index A measure of the ratio of a climber's arm span relative to their height. anchor An arrangement of one or more pieces of fixed protection set up to support the weight of a belay, a top rope, or an abseil. American death triangle Diagram of American death triangleĪ dangerous anchor that is created by connecting a closed loop of webbing between two points of protection. alpine style Carrying all your own gear (even for multi-day climbs) also called "light-weight" climbing opposite of expedition style. (and even much earlier) common to alpine climbing to avoid afternoon rockfalls and melting snow on the route, or to get firmer ice on the glacier travel to and from the route. alpine start Starting a climb very early in the morning, generally before 5:00 a.m. alpine knee An awkward climbing technique where the knee is placed on the hold rather than the foot. Part of the alpine climbing system for grading the technical difficulty of alpine climbing routes, which goes: F ("facile/easy"), PD ("peu difficile/little difficult"), AD ("assez difficile/fairly hard"), D ("difficile/difficult"), TD ("tres difficile/very hard"), and ED ("extremement difficile/extremely difficult") ED then goes ED1, ED2, ED3. Alpine-gradeĪlso IFAS grade, and UIAA Scale of Difficulty alpine climbing A form of mountaineering that includes ice climbing, dry-tooling and rock climbing. aid climbing Type of rock climbing where artificial devices are used to make upward progress (and not just for protection) opposite of free climbing. adze Ice axe with adzeĪ thin blade mounted perpendicular to the handle on an ice axe is used for chopping footholds. Type of protection that dynamically changes to absorb the shape and strength of a fall active protection is the opposite of passive protection. add-on An indoor climbing game where climbers take turns creating a route, adding two moves at a time. abseilingĪ technique by which a climber descends via a fixed rope that is firmly attached to a fixed anchor point, which is also known as an "abseil station". ABDĪ term used to describe a progress capture device or a self-locking device such as a Petzel GriGri that immediately locks if the rope travels through it quickly in a specific direction. Abalakov thread Abalakov threadĪ type of anchor used in abseiling especially in winter and in ice climbing. The technical difficulty grading system for aid climbing (both for "original" and an adapted version for "new wave"), which goes: A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 and up to A6 (for "new wave").
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