flash n.— «Flash: Climbing a wall without falling on the first try.» —“Why indoor rock climbing is the height of fashion” by Sharon Doyle Driedger Maclean’s (Can.) Sept. 18, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued...
beta n.— «BETA: A verbal videotape of how to make a particular climb. Example: “Lay off the arete to a mono, cross through left then match on the slope, rock on the high step, set and dyno for the bucks.”» —“It’s...
beta n.— «Gunstone wrote and published “The Traveler’s Guide to Washington Rock Climbing” and was widely known as “Beta,” a term used by rock climbers to refer to good information on a route.» —“David...
beta n.— « When the climber understands that the belayer is truly working for them, then the climber is limited only by their own technical skill and degree of boldness. This is particularly true if the belayer has already experienced the...
smearing n.— «The trick, Sutton explained, to climbing a friction slab, is a motion called “smearing,” in which the palms of the climber’s hands, fingers pointing down, and the balls of his rubber-soled shoes are pushed into...
smearing n.— «To make progress you have to use a technique called smearing, where you push your foot into the rock and lever yourself up for a handhold.» —“My Rocky Horror Show” News & Star (Carlisle...