If you're new to climbing, you may have found more insurmountable objects than the purely physical. Like many sports rock climbing seems to have evolved a language all of it's own. The following is an attempt at clarifying some of the more pesky terms...

The database is basically an amalgamation of other climbing "dictionaries" on the web, combined with my own inclusions and changes. Please contact Chockstone for corrections or additions to the dictionary.

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