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CLIMBING WALL VOCABULARY

Auto Belay:

Indoor top-rope belay method using a mechanical device that takes in slack as the climber ascends and automatically lowers the climber to the ground after he/she comes off the wall.

Belay Test:

Competency test that our climbing center gives to climbers to ensure proper belay skills.

Belayer:

Individual who manages the rope for the climber and keeps the rope from moving in the event of a fall.

Bouldering:

Climbing unroped on boulders or traversing low to the ground. Often associated with very difficult, although short bursts, of climbing.

Top Roping:

A roped climbing system in which the climbing rope travels up to an above anchor and then back down to the belayer.

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