Mountaineering - Mountaineering Terminology (Regine)

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  1. belay
    turn a rope around something in order to secure it
    He lifted a belaying pin from the rail and drove out the bolt. Leverage, Henry
  2. crampon
    a hinged pair of curved iron bars
    Rangers are advising hikers to use ice axes and crampons, equipment they normally do not need. New York Times (Aug 14, 2011)
  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. New York Times (Jul 1, 2010)
  4. 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
  5. shelter
    covering that provides protection from the weather
    The rainy season was fairly under way and suitable shelter was an absolute necessity. Denny, Emily Inez
  6. hardware
    tools or implements made of metal
    Cloud takes away the need to fund the building of hardware, installing software, or paying dedicated software license fees. Forbes (Feb 23, 2012)
  7. rope
    a strong line
    He would lend a helping hand at everything connected with ships, even rope and sail making, and smith’s work. Whymper, Frederick
  8. bootstrap
    a strap that is looped and sewn to the top of a boot for pulling it on
    Their grass roots are concrete and dirt; their bootstraps are invisible. New York Times (Sep 30, 2011)
  9. 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)
  10. repelling
    highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
    Repul′sive, that repulses or drives off: repelling: cold, reserved, forbidding: causing aversion and disgust.—adv. Various
Created on Wed Apr 04 00:42:56 EDT 2012 (updated Wed Apr 04 00:49:30 EDT 2012)

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