Related:

• vertical feet: what a mountaineer has on the ends of his legs when lying flat on his back.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• final pitch: act of throwing down a rope without securing one of the ends.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• deadman: climber (male) who forgets to knot either end of a rappel rope.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• knot: configuration often discovered in the middle of a rappel rope during a rappel.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• water knot: rope configuration used by sea cliff climbers who tend to fall a lot.
  -- "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...
• heading: going to the latrine. -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982
• falling barometer: barometer that has slipped out of a pocket when climbing.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• fall: good time of year for climbing. -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982