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Abseiling
An abseil, also called a rappel after its French name, is a controlled descent off a vertical drop, such as a rock face, using a rope.
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Aid climbing
Aid climbing is a style of climbing in which standing on or pulling oneself up via devices attached to fixed or placed protection is used to make upward progress.
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Alps
The Alps (Alpes; Alpen; Alpi; Alps; Alpe) are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe,The Caucasus Mountains are higher, and the Urals longer, but both lie partly in Asia.
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Ancestral Puebloans
The Ancestral Puebloans were an ancient Native American culture that spanned the present-day Four Corners region of the United States, comprising southeastern Utah, northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southwestern Colorado.
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Anchor (climbing)
In rock climbing, an anchor can be any device or method for attaching a climber, a rope, or a load to the climbing surface - typically rock, ice, steep dirt, or a building - either permanently or temporarily.
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Arches National Park
Arches National Park is a national park in eastern Utah, United States.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.
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Belay device
A belay device is a mechanical piece of climbing equipment used to control a rope during belaying.
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Belaying
A belayer is belaying behind a lead climber. Belaying refers to a variety of techniques climbers use to exert tension on a climbing rope so that a falling climber does not fall very far.
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Bird of prey
A bird of prey, predatory bird, or raptor is any of several species of bird that hunts and feeds on rodents and other animals.
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Bolt (climbing)
In rock climbing, a bolt is a permanent anchor fixed into a hole drilled in the rock as a form of protection.
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Bouldering
Bouldering is a form of rock climbing that is performed on small rock formations or artificial rock walls, known as boulders, without the use of ropes or harnesses.
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Bouldering mat
A bouldering mat or crash pad is a foam pad used for protection when bouldering.
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British Mountaineering Council
The British Mountaineering Council (BMC) is the national representative body for England and Wales that exists to protect the freedoms and promote the interests of climbers, hill walkers and mountaineers, including ski-mountaineers.
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Callus
A callus is an area of thickened skin that forms as a response to repeated friction, pressure, or other irritation.
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Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (Islas Canarias) is a Spanish archipelago and autonomous community of Spain located in the Atlantic Ocean, west of Morocco at the closest point.
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Canyon de Chelly National Monument
Canyon de Chelly National Monument was established on April 1, 1931, as a unit of the National Park Service.
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Canyoning
Canyoning (canyoneering in the U.S. / kloofing in South-Africa / torrentismo in Italian, barranquismo in Spanish) is travelling in canyons using a variety of techniques that may include other outdoor activities such as walking, scrambling, climbing, jumping, abseiling (rappelling), and swimming.
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Carabiner
A carabiner or karabiner is a specialized type of shackle, a metal loop with a spring-loaded gate used to quickly and reversibly connect components, most notably in safety-critical systems.
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Chinese people
Chinese people are the various individuals or ethnic groups associated with China, usually through ancestry, ethnicity, nationality, citizenship or other affiliation.
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City of Rocks National Reserve
The City of Rocks National Reserve, also known as the Silent City of Rocks, is a United States National Reserve and state park lying north of the south central Idaho border with Utah.
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Clean climbing
Clean climbing is rock climbing techniques and equipment which climbers use in order to avoid damage to the rock.
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Cliff
In geography and geology, a cliff is a vertical, or nearly vertical, rock exposure.
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Climbing
Climbing is the activity of using one's hands, feet, or any other part of the body to ascend a steep object.
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Climbing competition
A climbing competition (or comp) is usually held indoors on purpose built climbing walls.
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Climbing harness
A climbing harness is an item of climbing equipment for rock-climbing, abseiling, or other activities requiring the use of ropes to provide access or safety such as industrial rope access, working at heights, etc.
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Climbing protection
Climbing protection is any of a variety of devices employed to reduce risk and protect others while climbing rock and ice.
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Climbing shoe
A climbing shoe is a specialized type of footwear designed for rock climbing.
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Climbing wall
A climbing wall is an artificially constructed wall with grips for hands and feet, usually used for indoor climbing, but sometimes located outdoors.
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Community
A community is a small or large social unit (a group of living things) that has something in common, such as norms, religion, values, or identity.
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Deaf climbers
Deaf climbers use alternative ways such as commands, hand tactics, and sometimes an Interpreter or hearing aid to assist them with their climb.
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Dean Potter
Dean S. Potter (April 14, 1972 – May 16, 2015) was an American free climber, alpinist, Base jumper, BASEliner, and highliner.
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Deep-water soloing
Deep-water soloing (DWS), also known as psicobloc, is a form of solo rock climbing that relies solely upon the presence of water at the base of a climb to protect against injury from falls from the generally high-difficulty routes.
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Delicate Arch
Delicate Arch is freestanding natural arch located in Arches National Park near Moab, Utah, USA.
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Devils Tower
Devils Tower (also Bear Lodge Butte) is a laccolithic butte composed of igneous rock in the Bear Lodge Mountains (part of the Black Hills) near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche River.
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Eagle
Eagle is the common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae.
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El Capitan
El Capitan (Spanish for The Captain, The Chief) is a vertical rock formation in Yosemite National Park, located on the north side of Yosemite Valley, near its western end.
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Erosion
In earth science, erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that remove soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transport it to another location (not to be confused with weathering which involves no movement).
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Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
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Falcon
Falcons are birds of prey in the genus Falco, which includes about 40 species.
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Fall factor
In lead climbing using a dynamic rope, the fall factor (f) is the ratio of the height (h) a climber falls before the climber's rope begins to stretch and the rope length (L) available to absorb the energy of the fall.
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Free climbing
Free climbing is a form of rock climbing in which the climber may use climbing equipment such as ropes and other means of climbing protection, but only to protect against injury during falls and not to assist progress.
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Glossary of climbing terms
This page describes terms and jargon related to climbing and mountaineering.
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Grade (bouldering)
In the sport of bouldering, problems are assigned technical grades according to several established systems, which are often distinct from those used in roped climbing.
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Grade (climbing)
In rock climbing, mountaineering, and other climbing disciplines, climbers give a grade to a climbing route or boulder problem, intended to describe concisely the difficulty and danger of climbing it.
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Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport that requires balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and endurance.
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Hex (climbing)
A hex is an item of rock climbing equipment used to protect climbers from injury during a fall.
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Hueco Tanks
Hueco Tanks is an area of low mountains in El Paso County, Texas, in the United States.
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Idaho
Idaho is a state in the northwestern region of the United States.
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Index of climbing topics
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International Federation of Sport Climbing
The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the international governing body for the sport of competitive climbing, which consists of the disciplines lead climbing, speed climbing, and bouldering.
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John Long (climber)
John Long (born July 21, 1953) is an American rock climber and author whose stories have been translated into many languages.
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Kernmantle rope
Kernmantle rope is rope constructed with its interior core protected by a woven exterior sheath designed to optimize strength, durability, and flexibility.
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Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe (Washo: dáʔaw) is a large freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the United States.
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Lead climbing
Lead climbing is a climbing technique used to ascend a route.
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Lead climbing injuries
The greatest potential for injury while rock climbing occurs when a lead climber falls.
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Leave No Trace
Leave No Trace is a set of outdoor ethics promoting conservation in the outdoors.
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List of climbers and mountaineers
This list of climbers and mountaineers is a list of people notable for the activities of mountaineering, rock climbing (including bouldering) and ice climbing.
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List of climbing knots
There are many knots used in climbing, rappelling and mountaineering.
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Magnesium carbonate
Magnesium carbonate, MgCO3 (archaic name magnesia alba), is an inorganic salt that is a white solid.
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Monument Valley
Monument Valley (Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii,, meaning valley of the rocks) is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of vast sandstone buttes, the largest reaching above the valley floor.
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Mountaineering
Mountaineering is the sport of mountain climbing.
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Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills
Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills is often considered the standard textbook for mountaineering and climbing in North America.
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Multi-pitch climbing
Multi-pitch climbing is the ascent of climbing routes with one or more stops at a belay station.
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Munter hitch
The Munter hitch, also known as the Italian hitch or the Crossing Hitch, is a simple knot, commonly used by climbers, cavers, and rescuers as part of a life-lining or belay system.
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Nut (climbing)
In rock climbing, a nut (or chock or chockstone) is a metal wedge threaded on a wire and is used for protection by wedging it into a crack in the rock.
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Osprey
The osprey or more specifically the western osprey (Pandion haliaetus) — also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk — is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range.
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Outcrop
An outcrop or rocky outcrop is a visible exposure of bedrock or ancient superficial deposits on the surface of the Earth.
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Outdoor education
Outdoor education usually refers to organized learning that takes place in the outdoors.
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Pitch (ascent/descent)
In rock climbing and ice climbing, a pitch is a steep section of a route that requires a rope between two belays, as part of a climbing system.
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Piton
In climbing, a piton (also called a pin or peg) is a metal spike (usually steel) that is driven into a crack or seam in the climbing surface with a climbing hammer, and which acts as an anchor to either protect the climber against the consequences of a fall or to assist progress in aid climbing.
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Quickdraw
A quickdraw (also known as an extender) is a piece of climbing equipment used by rock and ice climbers to allow the climbing rope to run freely through bolt anchors or other protection while leading.
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Redpoint (climbing)
In sport climbing, redpointing is free-climbing a route, while lead climbing, after having practiced the route beforehand (either by hangdogging or top roping).
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Rock (geology)
Rock or stone is a natural substance, a solid aggregate of one or more minerals or mineraloids.
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Rock art
In archaeology, rock art is human-made markings placed on natural stone; it is largely synonymous with parietal art.
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Rock-climbing equipment
A wide range of equipment is used during rock or any other type of climbing that includes equipment commonly used to protect a climber against the consequences of a fall.
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Royal Robbins
Royal Robbins (February 3, 1935 – March 14, 2017) was one of the pioneers of American rock climbing.
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Salto del pastor
The shepherd's leap (Salto del pastor) is a spectacular folk sport practised throughout the Canary Islands.
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Scrambling
Scrambling (also known as alpine scrambling) is "a walk up steep terrain involving the use of one's hands".
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Shiprock
Shiprock (italic, "rock with wings" or "winged rock") is a monadnock rising nearly above the high-desert plain of the Navajo Nation in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States.
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Sport climbing
Sport climbing is a form of rock climbing that relies on permanent anchors fixed to the rock for protection.
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Sports injury
Sports injuries are injuries that occur in athletic activities or exercising.
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Spring-loaded camming device
A spring-loaded camming device (also SLCD, cam or friend) is a piece of rock climbing or mountaineering protection equipment.
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Summit
A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it.
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Texas
Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.
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The Access Fund
The Access Fund is a not-for-profit rock climbing advocacy group in the US.
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Top rope climbing
Top rope climbing (or top roping) is a style in climbing in which the climber is securely attached to a rope which then passes up, through an anchor system at the top of the climb, and down to a belayer at the foot of the climb.
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Traditional climbing
Traditional climbing, or trad climbing, is a style of rock climbing in which a climber or group of climbers place all gear required to protect against falls, and remove it when a pitch is complete.
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Trespass
Trespass is an area of criminal law or tort law broadly divided into three groups: trespass to the person, trespass to chattels and trespass to land.
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Uluru
Uluru (Pitjantjatjara), also known as Ayers Rock and officially gazetted as "UluruAyers Rock", is a large sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory in central Australia.
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Vandalism
Vandalism is an "action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property".
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Victorian era
In the history of the United Kingdom, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.
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Yosemite Decimal System
The Yosemite Decimal System (YDS) is a three-part system used for rating the difficulty of walks, hikes, and climbs, primarily used by mountaineers in the United States and Canada.
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Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park is an American national park lying in the western Sierra Nevada of California.
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Yosemite Valley
Yosemite Valley is a glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in the western Sierra Nevada mountains of Central California.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_climbing
