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Metal rings with spring-loaded gates, used as connectors. Usually oval or roughly D shaped. Also known as crab or biner (pronounced kar-uh-bee-ner).
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Method of climbing – used on easy Alpine ground – in which two or more climbers climb at the same time with running belays between them and fixed belays not being used. Similar to simulclimbing, a technique for steeper terrain.
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Miniature, postage-stamp sized piton originally designed by Yvon Chouinard.
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Mountain that tops 14,000 feet (4,300 m) in the contiguous United States.
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On popular routes, the sheer passage of traffic can polish the rock to such an extent as to make the climbing much more difficult. This is most common at the crux, and on certain rock types.
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Or layback. A climbing move that involves pulling on the hands while pushing on the feet.
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Poor footwork as in "Nae Sloppy Ploppin'" - "you'll need accurate footwork to have any chance of flashing this".
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