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Free climbing and Glossary of climbing terms

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Difference between Free climbing and Glossary of climbing terms

Free climbing vs. Glossary of climbing terms

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. This page describes terms and jargon related to climbing and mountaineering.

Similarities between Free climbing and Glossary of climbing terms

Free climbing and Glossary of climbing terms have 20 things in common (in Unionpedia): Abseiling, Aid climbing, Anchor (climbing), Belay device, Belaying, Bouldering, Carabiner, Climbing protection, Free solo climbing, Glossary of climbing terms, Grade (climbing), Grigri (climbing), Ice screw, Kernmantle rope, Lead climbing, Piton, Quickdraw, Sport climbing, Spring-loaded camming device, Traditional climbing.

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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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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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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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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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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Free solo climbing

Free solo climbing, also known as Soloing, is a form of free climbing and solo climbing where the climber (or free soloist) performs alone and without using any ropes, harnesses or other protective equipment, relying entirely on his or her ability instead.

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Glossary of climbing terms

This page describes terms and jargon related to climbing and mountaineering.

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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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Grigri (climbing)

A Grigri (or GriGri, Gri-gri or Gris-gris) is an assisted braking belay device manufactured by Petzl designed to help secure rock-climbing, rappelling, and rope-acrobatic activities.

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Ice screw

An ice screw is a threaded tubular screw used as a running belay or anchor by climbers on steep ice surface such as steep waterfall ice or alpine ice during ice climbing or crevasse rescue, to hold the climber in the event of a fall, and at belays as anchor points.

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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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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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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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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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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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Free climbing and Glossary of climbing terms Comparison

Free climbing has 34 relations, while Glossary of climbing terms has 150. As they have in common 20, the Jaccard index is 10.87% = 20 / (34 + 150).

References

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