Related:

• brake bar: tavern near a climbing area where everyone stops after a hard day climbing.
  ee barometer. -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• heading: going to the latrine. -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982
• Blood: substance commonly used to mark a climbing route.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• diaper seat: article of climbing used by novices who are still learning self-control.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• fall: good time of year for climbing. -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982
• falling barometer: barometer that has slipped out of a pocket when climbing.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• hold: what you try to do when you wake at 4am after having overrehydrated yourself.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• webbing: rope that has been stepped on so many times it is flat.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• boot-ax belay: highly developed technique for ruining an ice ax, destroying a rope, and shortening a climbing day.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...