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This is a hold where you must pinch it to hold on. They come in various sizes.
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To ascend a vertical rock face using finger holds, edges and smears, i.e. not crack climbing.
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To ascend on a rock face by wedging body parts into cracks, i.e. not face climbing. See jamming and chimney.
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To belay from a fixed anchor point above the climb. Top-roping requires easy access to the top of the climb, by means of a footpath or scrambling.
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To cleanly complete a route. i.e. on-sight, flash, redpoint. Sometimes even on tr. See 'scend.
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To climb a wall Toprope with having another rope connected to the climber, for practice of Lead climbing clipping. The other rope is normally not connected to any belayer below and is only there to practice the clipping. Usually practiced while learning how to Lead Climb.
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To climb with obviously poor style or technique. A climbing route judged to be without redeeming virtue.
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To clip in to the first piece of protection from the ground by swinging a loop of rope so that it is caught by a carabiner. This can only be done when the first piece of gear is already placed.
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