Mountaineering - Terminology ( Hui Yi )

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  1. crampon
    a hinged pair of curved iron bars
    "It is thought he tripped up on crampons and slipped."
  2. 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. New York Times (Jul 1, 2010)
  3. belay
    turn a rope around something in order to secure it
    The spikes could be used to belay their rope on the way down. Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
  4. abseil
    a descent down a cliff using a fixed rope wrapped around the body
    By the end of abseil number two, my arms were tired, my clothes wet and my shins bleeding—only 13 more points to go. Wall Street Journal (Jan 15, 2011)
  5. anchor
    a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
    At last, twelve hundred ships lay at anchor, waiting to bear the avenging host to Troy. Terhune, Albert Payson
  6. icefall
    a steep part of a glacier resembling a frozen waterfall
    Wake led, of course, and presently we came on to the icefall. Buchan, John
  7. massif
    a block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range
    The course includes 23 mountain passes in the Alps, Pyrenees and Massif Central. Seattle Times (Jul 2, 2011)
  8. rappel
    lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside
    “I publicly challenge Bobby Valentine,’’ said Cashman, the Yankees’ general manager, who was decked out in his rappelling gear. New York Times (Dec 3, 2011)
  9. neve
    the upper part of a glacier where the snow turns to ice
    Let's hope the crisis neve r comes when we try to scurry in for cover – and it may be too late.
  10. expedition
    an organized group of people undertaking a journey
    Hill took part in many minor expeditions in the following years. Various
Created on Wed Apr 04 00:28:40 EDT 2012 (updated Wed Apr 04 00:29:07 EDT 2012)

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