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53 relations: Abseiling, Aid climbing, Anchor (climbing), Belaying, Bolt (climbing), Bouldering, Bouldering mat, Buildering, Canyon, Canyoning, Chalk, Clean climbing, Climbing club, Climbing competition, Climbing protection, Climbing wall, Crampons, Fall factor, Free climbing, Global Association of International Sports Federations, Glossary of climbing terms, Ice axe, Ice climbing, Index of climbing topics, International Federation of Sport Climbing, International Olympic Committee, International World Games Association, Kernmantle rope, Lead climbing, List of climbers and mountaineers, List of climbing knots, Lumberjack, Mountaineering, Outdoor education, Outdoor recreation, Parkour, Pole climbing, Radio masts and towers, Rock climbing, Rock-climbing equipment, Rope access, Rope climbing, Scaffolding, Scrambling, Simul climbing, Solo climbing, Speed climbing, Sport climbing, Top rope climbing, Tower climber, ..., Traditional climbing, Tree climbing, Walking in the United Kingdom. Expand index (3 more) »
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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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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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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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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Buildering
Buildering (also known as edificeering, urban climbing, structuring, skywalking, or stegophily) describes the act of climbing on the outside of buildings and other artificial structures.
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Canyon
A canyon (Spanish: cañón; archaic British English spelling: cañon) or gorge is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic timescales.
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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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Chalk
Chalk is a soft, white, porous, sedimentary carbonate rock, a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite.
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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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Climbing club
Climbing, or alpine, clubs form to promote and preserve the climbing way of life, including rock climbing, ice climbing, alpinism & ski mountaineering.
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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 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 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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Crampons
A crampon is a traction device that is attached to footwear to improve mobility on snow and ice during ice climbing.
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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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Global Association of International Sports Federations
Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF; previously SportAccord) is the umbrella organisation for all (Olympic and non-Olympic) international sports federations as well as organisers of multi-sports games and sport-related international associations.
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Glossary of climbing terms
This page describes terms and jargon related to climbing and mountaineering.
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Ice axe
An ice axe is a multi-purpose hiking and climbing tool used by mountaineers both in the ascent and descent of routes that involve frozen conditions with snow and/or ice.
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Ice climbing
Ice climbing is the activity of ascending inclined ice formations.
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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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International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; French: Comité International Olympique, CIO) is a Swiss private non-governmental organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, which is the authority responsible for the modern Olympic Games.
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International World Games Association
The International World Games Association (IWGA) is an international association, recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), that organises every four years since 1981 the multi-sport event called The World Games.
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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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Lead climbing
Lead climbing is a climbing technique used to ascend a route.
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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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Lumberjack
Lumberjacks are North American workers in the logging industry who perform the initial harvesting and transport of trees for ultimate processing into forest products.
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Mountaineering
Mountaineering is the sport of mountain climbing.
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Outdoor education
Outdoor education usually refers to organized learning that takes place in the outdoors.
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Outdoor recreation
Outdoor recreation or outdoor activity refers to leisure pursuits engaged in the outdoors, often in natural or semi-natural settings out of town.
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Parkour
Parkour is a training discipline using movement that developed from military obstacle course training.
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Pole climbing
Pole climbing is ascending a pole which one can grip with his or her hands.
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Radio masts and towers
Radio masts and towers are, typically, tall structures designed to support antennas (also known as aerials) for telecommunications and broadcasting, including television.
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Rock climbing
Rock climbing is an activity in which participants climb up, down or across natural rock formations or artificial rock walls.
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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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Rope access
Rope access is a form of work positioning, initially developed from techniques used in climbing and caving, which applies practical ropework to allow workers to access difficult-to-reach locations without the use of scaffolding, cradles or an aerial work platform.
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Rope climbing
Rope climbing is a sport in which competitors attempt to climb up a suspended vertical rope using only their hands.
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Scaffolding
Scaffolding, also called scaffold or staging, is a temporary structure used to support a work crew and materials to aid in the construction, maintenance and repair of buildings, bridges and all other man made structures.
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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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Simul climbing
Simul climbing, also known as climbing with a running belay, is a climbing method or style where all the climbers climb at the same time while tied into the same rope.
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Solo climbing
Solo climbing, or soloing, is a style of climbing in which the climber climbs alone, without the assistance of a belay.
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Speed climbing
Speed climbing is climbing in which speed is the ultimate goal.
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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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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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Tower climber
A tower climber is a technician who performs maintenance and repair on radio masts and towers.
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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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Tree climbing
Tree climbing is a recreational or functional activity consisting of ascending and moving around in the crown of trees.
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Walking in the United Kingdom
Walking is one of the most popular outdoor recreational activities in the United Kingdom, and within England and Wales there is a comprehensive network of rights of way that permits easy access to the countryside.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climbing
