Related:

• 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...
• bashie: climber who pendulums out of control. -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982
• bong: sound made by a climber at the conclusion of a fall.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• flake: weird, erratic climber. -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982
• unner: very fast climber. -- "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...
• deadman: climber (male) who forgets to knot either end of a rappel rope.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• front points: forwardmost extremities of a female climber on a chilly morning.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
• goose down: a way to get a slow climber to descend quickly.
  -- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...