Climbing Terminology

Cornwall

Footwork

- Back Step

- Drop Knee

- Edging

- Flagging

- Foot Camming

- Foot Stacking

- Heel Hook

- High Step

- Hold

- Knee Bar

- Scissor Kick

- Smear

- Step Through

- Toe-Heel Jam

- Toe Hook

Types of Handholds

- Bucket

- Crimper

- Finger Lock

- Fist Jam

- Gaston

- Hand Jam

- Hand Stacking

- Incut

- Jug

- Mono

- Pinch

- Sloper

- Side Pull

- Under Cling

Rock Formations

- Arete

- Chicken Head

- Chimney

- Dihedral

- Edge

- Flake

- Horn

- Hueco

- Lip

- Natural Protection

- Overhang

- Off Width

- Slab

Types of Movement

- Arm-Bar

- Barn Door Effect

- Bridging

- Bump

- Campus

- Chicken Wing

- Cross-Over

- Deadpoint

- Downclimb

- Dyno

- Elvis Leg

- Hand-Foot Match

- Inverting

- Jumaring

- Knee Bar

- Leg-Bar

- Lie Back

- Lock-Off

- Mantel

- Match

- Pendulum

- Rock On

- Scissor Kick

- Stemming

- Twist Lock

General Terminology

- Abseil

- Approach

- Bail

- Beta

- Belay

- Big Wall

- Bight (Of Rope)

- Chop

- Contact Strength

- Crux

- Deck

- Desperate

- Doubled Back

- Epic

- Exposure

- Fall Factor

- Flaring

- Follow

- Hanging Belay

- Leader

- Lowering

- Positive

- Problem

- Project

- Pumped

- Rappel

- Rope Drag

- Route

- Runout

- Second

- Send

- Simul Climbing

- Slack

- Slack Lining

- Sloppy

- SRT

- Take

- Topo

- Walkoff

- Whipper

- Zipper

Types of Rock

- Granite

- Limestone

- Sandstone

Styles

- Onsight

- First Ascent

- Flash

- Free Point

- Green Point

- Hangdog

- Pink Point

- Red Point

Gear

Climbing Gear Terms

Sub-Classes of Climbing

Sub-Classes of Climbing

Grades

Rock Climbing Grades

Related Pages

• Climbing Terms
• Rock Climbing
• Rock Climbing Technique
• Terminology