top rope
Climber's overhead anchor
Top rope refers to a climbing setup where the rope runs through an anchor at the top of a route, with the belayer managing slack from below.
This arrangement catches falls immediately, making it the safest form of roped climbing: She learned on top rope before attempting lead climbing.
As a verb, to top-rope a route is to climb it using this system.
Straps controlling an animal
- carabinerSpring-gated metal link
- figure-eightTwo conjoined loops
- quickdrawRapid weapon retrieval
- helmetProtective head covering
Guarding against harm
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
- controlledKept within limits
- secureProtected from harm
- spottersThose who watch closely
precaution · redundancy · equalized · communication · helmet · supervision · certification · trust
harness
Straps controlling an animal
- carabinerSpring-gated metal link
- figure-eightTwo conjoined loops
- quickdrawRapid weapon retrieval
protection
Guarding against harm
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
- controlledKept within limits
- secureProtected from harm
spotters · precaution · redundancy · equalized · communication · helmet · supervision · certification · trust
belay
Anchor a rope
anchor · seconding · take · slack · tension · communication · commands · learning · beginner · practice
anchor
Secures ships to seabed
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
- equalizationMaking things uniform
- boltsThreaded metal fasteners
- climbingrock climbing, free climbing, belay, bouldering, carabiner
- mountaineeringsummit, alpinist, mountaineer, ice axe, ice axes
- Pro Wrestlingheel, WrestleMania, face turn, Royal Rumble, kayfabe
- rock climbingbelay, climbing walls, carabiner, climbing gyms, rappel
- climbing gymclimbing wall, bouldering wall, climbing hold, holds, handholds
- fighting ringsboxing ring, wrestling ring, ring post, turnbuckle, turnbuckles
top ropelead climbing
Ascending while placing clips
lead · free soloing · free solo · leading · sport climbing
top, rope, tops, topped, topping, topmost, topper, ropes, roped