![]() To remove (or strip) protection equipment from a climbing route. choss Loose or "rotten" rock that makes for unpleasant, difficult, or dangerous climbing useful for dry-tooling. chop route British term for a traditional climbing route with very poor protection where any fall could be fatal. chockĪ stone wedged in a crack that can be threaded to create a point of protection in traditional climbing. chipping Improving a climbing hold by chipping the rock - is considered unethical and poor practice in climbing. chimney A rock cleft with mostly parallel vertical sides, large enough to fit the climber's body. chicken wing A crack climbing technique where a hand is placed on one side of the crack and the shoulder on the other. alpine style Carrying all your own gear (even for multi-day climbs) also called "light-weight" climbing opposite of expedition style. (and even much earlier) common to alpine climbing to avoid afternoon rockfalls and melting snow on the route, or to get firmer ice on the glacier travel to and from the route. alpine start Starting a climb very early in the morning, generally before 5:00 a.m. alpine knee An awkward climbing technique where the knee is placed on the hold rather than the foot. Part of the alpine climbing system for grading the technical difficulty of alpine climbing routes, which goes: F ("facile/easy"), PD ("peu difficile/little difficult"), AD ("assez difficile/fairly hard"), D ("difficile/difficult"), TD ("tres difficile/very hard"), and ED ("extremement difficile/extremely difficult") ED then goes ED1, ED2, ED3. ![]() alpine climbing A form of mountaineering that includes ice climbing, dry-tooling and rock climbing. aid climbing Type of rock climbing where artificial devices are used to make upward progress (and not just for protection) opposite of free climbing. ![]() A thin blade mounted perpendicular to the handle on an ice axe is used for chopping footholds.
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