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A climbing grip using one hand with the thumb down and elbow out. The grip maintains friction against a hold by pressing outward toward the elbow.
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A mechanical device, or a wedge, used as anchors in cracks.
A naturally occurring stone wedged in a crack.
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A severe, and often fatal, form of altitude sickness.
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A hand-sized holder for a climber's chalk that is usually carried on a chalkbelt for easy access during a climb.
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# A long and loud fall.
# A nylon webbing structure consisting of one large loop sewn in multiple places to make a shorter length. The stitch-points are intentionally sewn with less than maximum possible strength. The screamer is attached with carabiners between an anchor point, particularly one of dubious strength, and the climber. In the event of a fall the stitching of the sewn sections is designed to rip apart, absorbing some of the fall energy and decelerating the climber, thereby reducing the overall shock load on the dubious anchor. Screamer is a brand name of Yates Mountaineering.
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A sewn nylon webbing device worn around the waist and thighs that is designed to allow a person to safely hang suspended in the air.
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A kind of proto- climbing harness consisting of a long length of tubular webbing wrapped several times around the climbers body and secured with a water knot. Largely eschewed today in favor of commercial harnesses.
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A dynamic move to grab a hold that would otherwise be out of reach. Generally both feet will leave the rock face and return again once the target hold is caught. Non-climbers would call it a jump or a leap.
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A pharmaceutical drug used in the treatment of high altitude cerebral edema as well as high altitude pulmonary edema. It is commonly carried on mountain climbing expeditions to help climbers deal with altitude sickness.
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A relatively low-angle (significantly less than vertical) section of rock, usually with few large features. Requires slab climbing techniques.
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