lead climbing
Clipping while ascending
Lead climbing is a style of rock climbing where the climber ascends with the rope below, clipping it into protection points along the route rather than being belayed from above.
If the climber falls, they drop past their last clip before the rope catches—a longer and riskier fall than in top-rope climbing.
She's comfortable on top rope but nervous about lead climbing.
Rapid weapon retrieval
- ropeThick twisted fibers
- harnessStraps controlling an animal
- carabinerSpring-gated metal link
- chalkSoft sedimentary writing stone
helmet · sling · cam · nut · anchor · protection · rack · dogbone
Piece cut out
- belayingFixing rope for safety
- fallingMoving downward freely
- restingIn a state of stillness
- pacingRate of movement
flagging · runout · whipper · commitment · exposure · sharp end
Brief burst of light
- projectingExtending outward from surroundings
- sendingCausing to go
- betaGreek alphabet's second letter
- cruxMost important point
quickdraw
Rapid weapon retrieval
chalk · helmet · sling · cam · nut · anchor · protection · rack · dogbone · locking carabiner
clipping
Piece cut out
pacing · flagging · runout · whipper · commitment · exposure · sharp end
flash
Brief burst of light
- projectingExtending outward from surroundings
- sendingCausing to go
- betaGreek alphabet's second letter
multipitch
Route requiring intermediate anchors
roof · arête · dihedral · vertical · slab · limestone · granite · sandstone
- extreme sportsbungee jumping, skydiving, wingsuit flying, cliff diving, free solo
- climbingbelay, bouldering, carabiner, chalk, crimp
- mountaineeringsummit, alpinist, mountaineer, ice axe, ice axes
- rock climbingbelay, carabiner, rappel, bouldering, harnesses
- multisporttriathlon, decathlete, decathlon, heptathlete, pentathlon
climb, lead, leader, leading, climbing, leadership, mislead, climber, climbed