Related:

• Blood: substance commonly used to mark a climbing route.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• heading: going to the latrine. -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982
• fall: good time of year for climbing. -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982
• handhold: what two climbers do during long bivouacs on narrow ledges.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• horn: malady brought on by being too long alone in the mountains.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• bong: sound made by a climber at the conclusion of a fall.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• bugaboos: inordinate fear of mountain insects. -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982
• igloo: (british) latrine for igs. -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982
• known point: (navigation) figment of the imagination.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...