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• jamming,nut: very painful way to climb. -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982
• free climb: climb done without expensive equipment.
  here are cheap thrills, too. -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• erminal moraine: the last glacier you'll ever climb.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• un balls: painful affliction common to male alpinists who climb nude.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• heading: going to the latrine. -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982
• Blaze: unexpected result of overpriming a white gas stove.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• handhold: what two climbers do during long bivouacs on narrow ledges.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• knot: configuration often discovered in the middle of a rappel rope during a rappel.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• ainfly: pesky insect that only appears during wet weather.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...