Related:

• myth: accounts of adventure related by a mountaineer.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• webbing: rope that has been stepped on so many times it is flat.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• mear: long, vertical mark left on rock surface by a climber whose friction move has failed.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• Ascend: the part of a mountaineer opposite that on which the head is located.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• falling barometer: barometer that has slipped out of a pocket when climbing.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• final pitch: act of throwing down a rope without securing one of the ends.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• heading: going to the latrine. -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982
• hold: what you try to do when you wake at 4am after having overrehydrated yourself.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• fall: good time of year for climbing. -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982