Types of Holds
Big holds that are easy to grab
Jug
You wear this device around your waist and legs to keep you secure when you climb high walls
Harness
Using the friction on the sole of the climbing shoe to stick to the rock where there are no foot holds
Smearing
A less than vertical piece of rock that usually has poor hand and footholds.
A Slab
Famously free soloed el Capitan in a movie titled: "Free Solo"
Alex Honnold
The smallest type of hold that you can only use the tips of your fingers on
Crimp
Some good climbers spread this material on their hands before they climb
Magdust
A move where the climber jumps from one hold to the next
Dyno
The type of knot you use to tie the rope into your harness
A figure eight follow through
Adam Ondra
A large, rounded hold that is often difficult to grab.
Sloper
The belayers uses this in order to remove the slack, to catch a fall and to lower the climber
Belay Device
A technique where a climber hangs upside down from their feet
Bathang
The the name of the section of a climbing route between the start of a climb and the anchor.
Pitch
Goated climber (with the most aura)
Magnus Midtbo
A type of hold that you grab by sticking your fingers into a hole on.
A metal loop with a gate that is used by climbers to connect their various gear componets
Carabiner
Pressing feet and hands against walls on opposite sides in a stable position requiring a lot of friction
Stemming
The name of the person that helps break the fall of a climber who is bouldering
Spotter
Alex Megos
A hold that you grab with your palm facing away from you and you thumb pointed down
Gaston
A portable tent system that can be set up on the side of a cliff
Portaledge
When a climber pushes down on a ledge like if they were getting out of a swimming pool
Mantle
Climbing a route first try
Flash
Canadian subject of the documentary "The Alpinist"
Marc-Andre Leclerc