Related:

• fluke, snow: unexpected happening on a glacier. -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982
• alps: cries for assistance, most commonly heard in alpine areas of great britain.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• erminal moraine: the last glacier you'll ever climb.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• cornice: snow waiting for a climber to step on it before becoming an avalanche.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• heading: going to the latrine. -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982
• un balls: painful affliction common to male alpinists who climb nude.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• fall: good time of year for climbing. -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982
• picket, snow: rank and file member of union internationale des associations d'alpinisme publicly protesting grievances in the dead of winter.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• known point: (navigation) figment of the imagination.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...