Famous Climbers
This individual was the first person to free solo El Capitan in 2017.
Alex Honnold
Climbing without any type of aid or any form of climbing protection.
Free Solo
Name of the knot commonly used in top rope and lead climbing to secure the person climbing
Figure 8
What type of belay device is most commonly used at the Adventure Seminars rock wall?
ATCs
To ascend a route on the first attempt, but having obtained beta
Flash
This person is considered to be the best female climber in the world and is also an olympic gold medalist (2020).
Janja Garnbret
Ascending a route without using the feet
Campusing
To remove (or strip) protection equipment from a climbing route
Clean
What is the name of Petzl's most popular belay device?
GriGri
A measure of the ratio of a climber's arm span relative to their height.
Ape Index
This Norwegian climber has one of the biggest climbing related YouTube channels.
Magnus Midtbo
Where a lead climber gains a brief upside-down rest by hanging from their wedged feet
Bat Hang
A large fall by a lead climber as they were well beyond the last piece of protection
Whipper
What are the different kinds of holds on a hangboard
Jugs, Crimps, Slopers, Pockets
In sport climbing, a move on a climbing route other than the move originally intended by the route setter
Beta break
This Japanese rock climber is the shortest athlete who has won a climbing world championship.
Ai Mori
An advanced climbing technique in which the climber hooks a leg over the opposite arm (which needs to be in a good handhold), and then pushes down with this leg to achieve a greater vertical reach
figure-four
While lead climbing, clipping into protection with a segment of rope from beneath the previous piece of protection, resulting in rope drag
Z-Clipping
A pair of metal frames with spikes that can be attached to boots to increase grip on snow and ice
Crampons
The accumulation of metabolic waste products in the forearm(s) so that holding a basic grip becomes impossible
Pump
This person won the Olympic gold medal for sport climbing in 2020
Alberto Ginés López
A climbing grip using one hand with the thumb down and elbow out, like a reverse side pull.
Gaston
Top-roping a traditional climbing route before lead climbing it to practice the moves
headpointing
What is climbing chalk made out of?
Magnesium Carbonate
What is another name for swapping fingers on a mono-pocket
Houdini match