Climbing dictionairy |
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alpine climbing - in the "alpine game" activists not only have to deal with the problems posed by actual climbing but also with the "objective" dangers of a frequently hostile environment in high mountains. The rules of free and light weight climbing govern the game. This often means very scarce food, drink and bivvy gear.
cragging - climbing on one pitch long cliffs pitch - a section of climb between two climbing partners and no longer than the length of one rope drytooling - to ascend a section of rock using ice tools - very common in mixed climbing to camel drink - drinking considerable amounts of water a day before long serious attempt to reduce dehydration and weight of gear to move together - climbing simultaneously, roped up diedre - open book shaped rock formation ice screw - a protection device for ice climbing. Looks like a large bolt that can be screwed in hard ice belay - a safe stance consisting of an anchor, a rope, and a person belaying, to belay - to secure leading climber knife blade - peg - metal spike hammered into a crack crevasse - a crack in the surface of a glacier skinning - skiing up snowy or icy slopes, the name comes from skins that are glued under skis to provide friction to stop you from sliding back harnesses - a piece of sling around climbers hips allowing to connect partners with a rope cow's tail - a short rope with a karabiner at one the end, tied to harness on another space blanket - thin aluminium foil used in emergency to wrap up body and stop you from loosing heat English-Slovak-Polish climbing terms peak - st?t - szczyt tower - veza - wieza valley - dolina - dolina fold - kotlina - kotlina ice - lad - lod icefall - ladop?d - lodospad summer - leto - lato winter - zima - zima north (N) - sever (S) - polnoc east (E) - v?chod (V) - wschod south (S) - juh (J) - poludnie west (W) - z?pad (Z) - zachod face, wall - stena - sciana ridge - hrebeò - gran route - cesta - droga dihedral - k?t - zaciecie pillar - pilier - filar overhang - previs - przewieszka slab, slabs - platòa, platne - plyta crack -sp?ra - szczelina chimney - kom?n - komin ledge -polica - polka block - blok - blok bolt - nit - nit piton - skoba - hak ascent - v?stup - wejscie descent - zostup - zejscie climbing - lezenie - wspinanie mountaineer- horolezec - wspinacz For more climbing terms go to:7 languages dictionairy. |