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Ueli Steck making a rapid 'alpine style' one-day ascent of North Couloir Direct (VI, Al 6+, M8) a major alpine climbing route on Les Drus [6]. The derived term "alpine style" alludes to the fashion of alpine climbing to be in small fast-moving teams – or even solo – who carry all of their own equipment (e.g. no porters), and do all of the climbing (e.g. no sherpas or reserve teams laying ...
A A-grade Also aid climbing grade. The technical difficulty grading system for aid climbing (both for "original" and an adapted version for "new wave"), which goes: A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 and up to A6 (for "new wave"). See C-grade. Abalakov thread Abalakov thread Also V-thread. A type of anchor used in abseiling especially in winter and in ice climbing. ABD Also assisted braking device. A term ...
Mountaineering, mountain climbing, or alpinism [1] is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending mountains. ... In alpine climbing, it is common for climbers ...
A specific variant of a rope team is the technique of short-roping , which is used by mountain guides to help weaker clients, and which also does not employ fixed climbing protection points. [2] Rope teams are commonly used in alpine climbing, particularly for moving across glaciers and traveling along snow slopes and ridges.
Sign on the alpine route at Piz Uccello, Switzerland Swiss signs: hiking trails in yellow, mountain path in white-red-white, Alpine Route in white-blue-white. An alpine route (German: Alpine Routen) or high alpine route (German: Hochalpine Routen) is a trail or climbing route through difficult terrain in high mountains such as the Alps, sometimes with no obvious path.
Climbing-based: Mountaineering (including alpine climbing and expedition climbing), ice climbing (including mixed climbing and dry-tooling), rock climbing (including aid climbing, big wall climbing, and multi-pitch climbing), and Via Ferrata climbing; Jumping-based: BASE jumping, hang gliding, and wingsuit flying
Back in the day, getting an "alpine start" for a day of skiing meant you left home early in time for the lifts to open. In 2022, with skiing and riding so popular among pandemic-weary winter ...
Belay stations. In multi-pitch climbing, the availability of secure—and comfortable—belay stations is an important factor for climbers; thus where a particularly good belay station presents itself, a pitch might be shortened to avail of it. [1] Equipment weight. Longer climbing ropes mean greater weight (and more rope drag) on the lead climber.