Welcome to the rock climbing glossary. Here are hope is to give all the climbing jargon you need to know. We hope this helps you to better understand rock climbing.
Allez: French for “go” typically shouted to encourage a climber to keep going
Anchor: Something that attaches a belayer to the rock. Anchors are also set for top rope routes. You will want to set at least two, three would be better for top roping.
Approach: the walk or hike to the base of a cliff line or a route
Arête: a corner of rock
Backstepping: outside edging on a foothold that is behind you while climbing a move with your side to the wall
Bail: to give up on a route and come off due to difficulty, weather, or lack of daylight
Bail Biner: a carabiner that you leave behind on a route. It is used to lower/rappel off the route
Barn door: when the body swings away from the rock looking like a door opening. Will usually happen with one hand on and one foot on.
Beta: any prior information about a route, including sequence, rests, gear, clips, and so forth
Bolt: a permanent protection point consisting of a steel stud set into a small hole drilled in the rock that is fitted with a hanger
Bomber: a massive hold
Boulder: a big rock that is typically climbed without a rope
Bouldering: climbing performed without a rope or belay at the base of a cliff or boulder field usually between 10-25 ft off the ground. For safety spotters and pads recommended
Bouldering pad: a mattress type pad that is about 4 inches thick and varies in size. It’s used to help cushion and protect the climber from a fall
Buildering: climbing on buildings or other man made things. Lots of fun be careful though some places don’t like you climbing on their buildings
Campus board: a wrunglike board used to train for climbing
Campusing (campus): climbing a section of rock or artifical wall with no use of you feet, usually in a dynamic left-hand, right-hand, left-hand sequence
Chalk: a drying agent that is used to keep your hands dry
Chalk bag: a bag specifically used to hold chalk
Chalk pot: a larger chalk bag that is used for bouldering
Chipping: the act of altering the rock by breaking it, is looked down upon and show poor ethics
Contact strength: how able you are to hold holds with you hands
Crank: slang for pulling on a hold with everything you’ve got
Crimp grip: the most natural and stressful way to grip a rock hold, characterized by hyperextension of the first joint in the fingers and nearly full contraction of the second joint
Crux: the hardest move, or most difficult part of a route
Dead hang: hanging from a hold or holds with your arms completely straight
Deadpoint: the ‘high’ position of a dynamic move where for a moment, all motion stops
Deck: to fall of a route and hit the ground
Dihedral: a corner that could be more or less than 90 degrees
Downclimb: to climb downward instead of climbing up
Drop-knee: an exaggerated backstep in which one knee is dropped toward the ground whereas the other is pointing up, resulting in a stable chimneylike position, especially on overhanging rock
Dynamic move: an explosive leap for a hold otherwise out of reach
Dyno: short for dynamic
F.A.: stands for first ascent, the person who climbed the route in completion without falling first
Flagging: a climbing technique in which one foot is crossed behind the other to avoid barn-dooring and to improve balance
Flake: a rock formation where a ‘flake’ of rock protrudes from the other rock
Flash: to climb a route on the first try without ever having touched it, but with the aid of beta
Flash pump: a rapid, often vicious, muscular pump resulting from strenuous training or climbing without first performing a proper warm-up
Gaston: this is a sidepull technique however the elbow is pointed in an outward direction
Greasy: when a hold is slippery or slimy
Gym: indoor climbing facility
Heel hook: the use of the heel on a hold, usually near chest level, to aid in pulling and balance
Helmet: a protection device for your head
Jug: a large hold that is very easy to hold on to
Layback: a crack climbing technique, climber grasps the edge of the crack, leans back, and moves upwards by walking the feet up the opposing wall.
Lunge: an out-of-control dynamic move; a jump for a far-off hold
Mantel: a climbing technique that requires you to transfer from a pulling position to a pushing position.
Match: placing both hands or both feet on the same hold
Mental practice: practice in which you visualize successful execution with overt physical practice
Modeling: a learning technique in which you watch, then attempt, a skill as performed properly by another person
Mono: a one finger pocket
Multi pitch climb: a climb that takes more than one rope length
Muscular endurance: the length of time a given level of power can be maintained
On-sight: when a route is climbed on the first try and with absolutely no prior information of any kind
Open-hand: a safer grip involving all the contact from the hand used primarly on slopers
Pumped: when the muscles become hard from extended physical exertion makes it difficult to hold the rock
Redpoint: lead climbing a route from bottom to top in one push
Runout: the distance between protection points, especially when it is long
Schema: a set of rules, usually developed by the motor system in the brain and spinal cord, relating hot to move and adjust muscle forces, body positions, and so forth, given the parameters at hand, such as steepness of the rock, friction qualities, holds being used, and type of terrain
Slab: a smooth, low-angle rock face usually climbed using very small holds and friction
Sport climbing: usually refers to any indoor or outdoor climbing using quickdraws on bolt protected routes
Spotter: a person designated to slow the fall of a boulderer, with the main goal of keeping the boulderer’s head from hitting the ground
Take: a rope command used by the climber to request that the belay rope be held tight and his weight held by the belayer.
Trad: short for traditional climbing
Visualization: controlled and directed imagery
Wired: know very well, got it down referring to a route
Working: practicing moves on a difficult
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