rope team
Tethered mountaineering party
A rope team is a group of climbers tied together by a shared rope for safety, especially when crossing glaciers or dangerous terrain where one person's fall can be arrested by the others.
The term extends to any small group bound by mutual dependence: The expedition split into rope teams of three.
In mountaineering culture, being on someone's rope team implies deep trust.
- climbersThose who scale heights
- mountaineeringSport of climbing peaks
- alpineOf high elevations
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- belayAnchor a rope
anchor · harness · carabiner · fixed line · crevasse · glacier · expedition · base camp · high altitude · death zone · tied · linked · ascent · moving together · partners · lead climber · traverse · ice
- mountaineeringsummit, alpinist, mountaineer, ice axe, ice axes
- HimalayasMount Everest, Everest, K2, Nepal, Tibet
- climbersclimber, Edmund Hillary, mountaineer, alpinist, rock climber
- cold survivalhypothermia, frostbite, cold exposure, survival kit, emergency shelter
- Death Zonedeath zone, high altitude, thin air, hypoxia, anoxia