Mountaineering-Terminology (Boon Kiat)

Pek B.
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  1. knot
    a fastening formed by looping and tying a cord or rope
    The bridge was swept by winds blowing across the bow at 46 knots.
  2. anchor
    a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
    The old man had entered the last haven, dropped anchor in the final harbor.
  3. ice axe
    an ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in ice
    His earliest poems were difficult and ornate; reading them required technical climbing skills, crampons and an ice axe.
  4. rappel
    lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside
  5. boot
    footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
  6. crampon
    a hinged pair of curved iron bars
  7. belay
    turn a rope around something in order to secure it
  8. abseil
    a descent down a cliff using a fixed rope wrapped around the body
  9. pit
    a sizeable hole, usually in the ground
  10. tracking
    the pursuit by following tracks or marks they left behind
Created on Thu Mar 29 20:38:50 EDT 2012 (updated Wed Apr 04 00:49:42 EDT 2012)

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