my everest story glossary vocab
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umballa123 on February 11, 2008
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 belay | To secure a climber at one end of a rope to another climber at the opposite end of the rope. One climber remains stationary and feeds out the rope, stopping the feed with a mechanical brake if the other climber falls. |
| beta | rock-climbing term for essential information about moves on a particular climb. |
| carabiner | an oblong metal ring that is used to hold a freely running rope and also as a connector |
| crampons | metal spikes worn on the bottom of mountaineering boots, usually having twelve points that dig into the ice for traction |
| crevasse | a crack or fissure in a glacier, which can be six inches or hundreds of feet deep and wide |
| dinnerplating | the shattering of hard and brittle ice that can occur when a climber strikes the mountain with an ice ax |
| dynamic rope | a rope used by climbers that will stretch if a climber falls |
| harness | a safety belt worn by a climber and attached to a rope to prevent falling |
| hydration | maintaining an adequate level of fluids in the body in order to avoid altitude sickness |
| ice ax | a long bar with a spike at one end a pick and hammer at the other; used in ice climbing and mountaineerin for balance, anchoring, and self-arrest |
| ice screw | a tubelike metal screw that is hammered, then screwed into the ice for protection. It has a metal hanger into which a carabiner is clipped. A rope is then clipped into the carabiner. |
| jumar | a mechanical hand-gripping device that is used to climb ropes more safely |
| piano moves | a hand-over-hand rock-climbing maneuver, which involves gradually replacing one hand with the other, one finger at a time, as a piano player would finger a scale on a keyboard |
| pitons | metal spikes or pegs that are hammered into rock to provide support and protection; most o the time they become permanent |
| protection | safety equipment, such as ice screws, pitons, and snow stakes, that is attached to rock, snow, or ice in order to catch climbers if they fall. |
| re-rack | the exchange of protection for climbers. (The second climber uses the leader's protection; when they meet, they exchange protection, and the leader then takes the second climber's protection to advance.) |
| scree | a slope of loose rock, sand, and dirt that is very difficult to climb because the surface crumbles with each step. |
| self-arrest | a technique that climbers use to stop from falling down a slope by digging an ice ax into the snow |
| sirdar | the "boss" Sherpa who works with the leader to organize the expedition. The sirdar determines all the activities of the Sherpas on his expedition team. |
| static rope | a rope that is commonly used for jumaring and has no stretch |
| switchback | a zigzag trail that cuts back and forth across a steep section. Although they add length, switchbacks make steep routes manageable. |
| traversing | climbing across the face or slope of a mountain or rock, usually not gaining much altitude |
| uglies | Mark's nightly exercies of lying on his stomach and arching his back and lifting his legs. (He normally did 300 of these every night to strengthen his lower back.) |
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