interesting site

[Clive kessler]

Check out this link... where the heck did this guy get all these definitions?

http://www.freewebs.com/rock_climber/cl ... ionary.htm

I have never heard some of these words used in the climbing world

[pitonspud]

I always unserstood that to 'sandbag' was to climb a route that was to difficult for the climber's ability and the result would be to bail. Great site.

[MCpl]

I've heard of a lot of them. But he also had some techniques (ie lay back)but left out a lot of other very popular ones (ie knee drop or drop knee).

I think this was a copy and paste thing from one of the magazines. I do remember reading something similar a while back.

[dr. send]

Quote #1: "Knee Drop - n. a technique requiring the downward turning of the knee to increase reach efficiency" ---Found in the "K" section.

Quote #2: "Boulder problems are often top roped" ---??? Really?

Quote #3: "Philological protection - n. A very poorly placed peice of protection that will never hold a fall but makes the climber feel better about having gear beneath them." ---What exactly is "philological" about gear? Try "psychological."

Other than that, it's a good list.

[MCpl]

Ooops. I must have been falling asleep while trying to read it.