Terminology

An A-Z of climbing terminology

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A

• Aid
• Adventure Climbing
• Arete

B

• Back rope solo
• ballpoint
• Belay
• Beta
• Bold
• Bolts
• Bridging

C

• Chalk
• Chimney
• Chossy
• Chipping
• Corner
• Crimp
• Crux

D

• DWS
• Dyno

E

• Egyptian
• Eliminate
• Esoteric
• Ethics

F

• Figure 4
• Flash
• French free
• Friction
• Friends

G

• Gaston
• Girdle
• Grades
• Ground up
• Guidebooks

H

• Hard
• Headpoint
• Headwall
• Highball

J

• Jamming

L

• Layback
• Letterbox

M

• Mantelshelf
• Mixed

N

• Nut

O

• Off-width
• On-sight
• Outcrop

P

• Piton
• Pinkpoint
• Problem
• Protection

R

• Redpoint
• Rockover
• Roof
• Route
• RP

S

• Sandbag
• Scottish VS
• Sitting start
• SLCD
• Soloing
• Smear
• Spike

T

• Thin
• Topo
• Traverse
• Tufa

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