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Accidents in North American
Mountaineering,
adjustable hitch
aid climbing
alpine clutch
Alpine Up
American Mountain Guides Association
American triangle
anchor(s)
ball nuts
belaying from
Big Bro expandable tubes
bolt rappel
camming units. See camming units
chocks. See chocks
directional gear placements below
ERNEST
evolution of
master point of
natural
rappel. See rappel anchors
rigging of. See rigging of anchors
top-rope
anchor placements
anchoring
belayer
top-roping
arm bar
assisted lock device
attitude
autoblock
autoblocking belay device
autolocking carabiners
autolocking friction hitch
Bachmann hitch
back-anchor
backstepping
backup belay
bailing
from sport route
traditional lead climbing
balance
balancing
ball nuts
belay glasses
belay loop
belay station transition
belayer position
belays and belaying
anchoring for
from anchors
backup
catching a fall
devices for
direct
escaping from
exercise for
fireman’s
gloves for
with GriGri
hanging
high-friction tube for
hitch for
keeping belayer down
of leader
lowering of climber
with Munter hitch
protecting for lead fall onto the belay
redirected
of second climber
sport
sport route
3:1 haul from
tips for
top-roped climber
transitions
bent gate
Big Bro expandable tubes
bight method
block leads
body positions
body tension
bolt rappel anchors
bolts
clipping the
protection
bomber placements
bouldering
description of
downclimbing
falling
hazards of
ratings for
sessions
spotting
strength building by
variety of
bounce step
breathing exercises
butt jam
camalots
camming units
cable stems
color-coded slings
description of
Fat
four-cam
giant
offset cams
placement of
removing of
setting of
three-cam
carabiner
carabiner brake
caterpillar style
chalk tick marks
chalkbag
chicken wing
reverse
chimneys
chocks
hexagonal
nut tool
slinging
Tri-cams
wired nuts
cleaning a pitch
cleaning of top anchors
climber
lowering of
second. See second climber top-roped
climbing
multipitch. See multipitch climbs
rating systems for
sport. See sport climbing
traditional. See traditional lead climbing
climbing strength
clipping
clipping carabiners
closed-gate carabiner
clothing
clove hitch
coiling of rope
communication
rappelling
signals for
confidence
contact strength
cord
cordelette
description of
escaping a belay
core strength
corner cracks
crack(s)
corner
gear for
off-size
off-width
splitters
tips
transitions
wide
crack climbing
machine for practicing
moving techniques
overview of
shoes for
crash pad
crimping
cross-loaded carabiner
cruxes
daisy chain
deadpoint
descending to injured partner
direct belay
direction of pull
double bowline with a double overhand backup knot
double dyno
double fishermans knot
double overhand backup knot
double-rope technique
downclimbing
drop knee
drop loop
dynamic climbing
dynamic rope
dyno
edging
eliminations
endurance
ERNEST anchors
escaping from belays
etiquette
etrier
extra pass backup knot
factor 2 fall
fall
bouldering
catching a
factor 2
fear of
lead fall onto the belay, protecting for
physics of
prevention of
safety considerations
fall factor
fast grab
fear of failure
figure eight loop knot
figure eight rappel device
figure eight tie-in
figure eight with fishermans backups knot
finger jams
finger pinch
fingerlock
fingers, taping of
fireman’s belay
first-aid kit
first-aid training
fist-to-fist stack
fit, for protection
5:1 haul
flag
flash
flat overhand knot
following
foot cam
foot jams
footwork
free climbing
friction
friction hitches
Friends
frog move
frog position
frontpoint method
full-body stem
fundamentals
garda hitch
Gaston
gate-open carabiner
gates
Gill, John
girth hitch
gloves
GriGri
belaying with
description of
grip strength
gripping
“guide mode” belaying with high-friction tube
half ropes
hand, taping of
hand jams
thin
thumbs-up
wide
handholds
hand-stacking
hand-to-fist stack
hand-to-hand stack
hangdogging
hanging belays
harness
hauling your partner
description of
5:1 haul
practicing
6:1
3:1 haul
heel-hooking
heel-toe jam
helmet
high-friction tube
belaying with
description of
“guide mode,”
rappelling with
highballs
high-stepping
hitch. See specific hitch
HMS locking carabiners
hydration
IFMGA. See International Federation of Mountain Guides Association
injured partner
descending to
hauling of. See hauling your partner
instep rest
International Federation of Mountain Guides Association
internet
jams
butt
finger
fist
foot
hand
heel-toe
knee
pinky
shuffle the
thin hand
wide hand
jug
klemheist
knee bars
knee jam
knots
autoblock
clove hitch
double bowline with a double overhand backup
double fishermans
double overhand backup
extension-limiting
extra pass backup
figure eight loop
figure eight tie-in
figure eight with fishermans backups
flat overhand
girth hitch
load-releasable
Munter hitch
overhand loop
passing a
Prusik hitch
rappel safety
rappelling past a
slip
stopper
triple fishermans
water
lap coil
lead
block
hanging belay switch of
protection. See protection
swinging
leader
belaying of
protecting for a lead fall onto the belay
leg crank
lieback
locking carabiners
lock-off strength
lowering
autolocking friction hitch for
bight method
of climber
retie method
from route
Mammut Smart
mantel
master point
Mega Jul
metamorphic rocks
momentum
monos
mule knot
multipitch climbs
belay station transition
belays
extra gear for
fast and light style
hanging belays
rope management for
three-person teams
time budget for
two-person team for
Munter hitch
belaying with
description of
HMS locking carabiners with
rappelling with
top-belay top-rope
for transferring load from klemheist to achieve baseline
Munter-mule
nutrition
nuts
ball
placement exercise for
wired
off belay
off-fingers
offset cams
off-size cracks
off-width cracks
onsight climbing
onsighting
open grip
opposing nuts
overhand loop knot
overhanging rappel
overhanging rock
pads
palming
passing a knot
perceived risks
pinch grip
pitch
cleaning a
description of
pitons
pockets
positive thinking
power
power-endurance training
protection
cleaning of
equalizing
fit for
fixed
natural
opposing
placing of
setting of
thin
traditional lead climbing
protection bolts
protection placement
Prusik hitch
pulley effect
pulling
pulling-down strength
pulling-in strength
quickdraw
rack
sport-climbing
top-roping
traditional
rappel
overhanging
traversing
rappel anchors
backups
bolt
climber attachment to
description of
rigging of
rappel backup
autoblock
Prusik hitch for
rappel devices
dismantling of
improvising of
rigging of
rappel rings
rappel ropes
climbing of
description of
rappel tube
rappelling
communication during
hanging rappel stations
hazards of
high-friction tube
hitch for
past a knot
safety knots for
from sport route
tandem
technique for
rating systems
redirected belay
redpointing
rescue
resting
retie method
reverse chicken wing
rigging of anchors
climbing rope for
cordelette for
multidirectional anchors
practice exercise for
rappel anchors
slings for
rigging of belay devices
risk
rock
falling
loose
moving on
overhanging
protection placement in
quality of
vertical
rock on
roof moves
rope
ascending of
care of
coiling of
dry-coated
dynamic
half
jammed
keeping free from feet
kinking of
multipitch climbs
rappel
rappelling
rating of
retiring of
rigging belay anchors with
specifications for
static
taking in
threading of, for lowering
traditional lead climbing
rope bags
rope drag
rope tarps
route
researching of
sport. See sport route
traditional
runouts
sandbaggers
screw gate
second climber
belaying of
duties of
protecting of
self-rescue
shoes
shoulder scrunch
shoulder slings
shoulder-length sling
shuffle the jams
shuffling
sidepull
sidewinder
simul-belay
6:1 haul
slab
sling(s)
knots for
rigging belay anchors with
shoulder-length
sling coil
slingshot top-roping
slip knot
smearing
splitters
sport belay
sport climbing
bolting
description of
hazards of
rappelling
redpointing
route climbing
style for
sport route
bailing from
belaying
climbing of
lowering from
onsighting of
working of
sport-climbing rack
spotting
squeeze chimneys
stacking
static rope
stemming
stopper knot
straight gate
strength
climbing
definition of
strength-to-weight ratio
stretching
swinging leads
tag line
tandem rappel
taping
technique-based training
Ten Essentials
thin hand jam
3:1 haul
thumb cam
thumb pinch
thumb-stacking
thumbs-up
tick marks, chalk
tips cracks
toe-hooking
toe-in
top anchor force
top anchors, cleaning of
top-belay top-roping
topos
top-rope anchor
top-roped climber, belaying of
top-roping
anchor rigging
description of
passing a knot
rack for
slingshot
top-belay
traditional lead climbing
approach
bailing
description of
first lead
following a pitch
half ropes
hazards of
leading strategy
practicing
protection system
rack for
risks
rope management for
route
topos
traditional rack
training
balance
description of
endurance
power
power-endurance
technique-based
warming up
of weaknesses
weight
tramming
traverses
traversing rappel
Tri-cams
triple fishermans knot
tube
twin ropes
twistlock
two-finger pocket
UIAA (Union Internationale de Associations d’Alpinisme),
V system, for bouldering
V-angle
visualization
walking off
warming up
water knot
webbing slings
web-o-lette
weight shift
weight training
whippers
wide cracks
Wilderness First Responder
windmilling
wire gate
wired nuts
working the route
zipper
Z-pulley system