Climbers
Types of Climbing
Equipment
Vocab
Wild Card
100
The first person to Free Solo El Capitan
Alex Honnold
100
A type of rock climbing that is done on shorter walls or big rocks that are close to the ground. Climbers don't use ropes, but instead, they climb up and down with the safety of soft mats below them.
Bouldering
100
What do climbers use so get extra grip on the rock?
Chalk
100
This term means getting to the very top of a rock or climbing wall.
Topping Out
100
Name 1 of the 3 Things to DO when dealing with fear
1. Communicate
2. Prep and Safety
3. BREATHE
200
This young climber was climbing bouldering problems that were higher than her age, for example climbing V15 at age 14.
Ashima Shiraishi
200
In this type of climbing, holes are drilled into rock faces and bolts are pt in to make this type of climbing relatively safe.
Sport Climbing
200
The person who is holding the rope at the bottom of the climb while their partner climbs
Bonus** what is the device they use called? What were the ones we used called?
Belayer
Belay device
Grigri
200
A term to describe a successful ascent of a route without falling or taking a break on a rope.
Send
200
Name two climbing moves and do a demo
Heel hook, toe hook, dyno
300
This climber is from Santa Cruz and moved to Spain and climbs big cool things sometimes above water
Chris Sharma
300
This is a type of rock climbing that involves using cracks or fissures in the rock face as handholds and footholds. The climber inserts their hands, fingers, or feet into the crack and uses them to climb upwards.
Crack Climbing
300
The place you sleep during a big wall climb
portaledge
300
This is s type of climbing where the climber goes first and attaches their rope to the wall as they climb up.
They have to clip their rope into special clips along the way to make sure they don't fall too far if they slip.
Lead Climbing
300
What is the word that climbers use to talk about the hardest part of a climb. Climbers need to use their strength, skill, and thinking to get through this and complete the climb.
Crux
400
This climber was the first female to climb Biographie a 5.15a.
Margo Hayes
400
This type of climbing requires water
Deep water soloing
400
Tools used in traditional climbing that climbers put into the cracks in the rock
Cams and Nuts
400
Can you name and describe 3 climbing holds?
400
The year and place that climbing was first in the Olympics
Tokyo 2020
500
The first climber to free climb "The Nose" of El Capitan.
Bonus** describe free climbing (50 extra points)
Lynn Hill
500
What two disciplines of climbing that we have studied were required to climb the Shark's Fin in Meru?
Big Wall and Alpine Climbing
500
What is every piece of gear you need to trad climb? Be thorough!
Nuts, cams, harness, rope, belay device, climbing, shoes, chalk, helmet.
500
This is a fancy word that climbers use to talk about advice or information that can help them climb better. It's like getting tips on how to do a puzzle or a game from someone who has done it before.
Beta
500
What is the hardest climb in the world?
Bonus** Name the climb and climber
5.15d
Adam Ondra climbed Silence
