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Rock climbing - Wikipedia  Rock climbing is an activity in which participants climb up, down or across natural rock ... Rock climbing is a physically and mentally demanding sport, one that often .... Climbers will usually work in pairs and utilize a system of ropes and anchors .... provide rope setups and ensure that new climbers know safe techniques.
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jeopardy/2729_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  Value: $800. Number: 7. ALL SPORTS | A rock climber would know schist; a person in this sport would know schuss | skiing. right: Ken. Wrong: Value: $800.
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Rock Climbing | Everything You Need To Know - Mpora  Jan 6, 2016 ... A beginner's guide to rock climbing.
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Lead climbing - Wikipedia  Lead climbing is a climbing technique used to ascend a route. This technique is predominantly used in rock climbing and involves a lead ... The lead climber must have another person acting as a belayer. ... As lead climbing does not require a pre-placed anchor at the top of the route, it is often seen as less restricted than top...
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VOCJ 18 - Amazon S3  V.O.C. hike; climb mountains cliffs and buildings; go ... of you who contributed to it and we would like to ex ..... "How on earth do you know all that?" "Oh .... scramble on sun warmed rocks except for chest deep snow ..... Saturday morning with seven persons in Jacques's .... on Tuesdays, sailing on Wednesdays, and sports on.
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Climbers Complete Historic Yosemite Climb  Jan 14, 2015 ... Free climbing means using one's hands and feet to ascend a rock's ... At roughly 3,000 feet (915 meters) tall, the Dawn Wall comprises 32 ... He continued to complete grueling pitch after grueling pitch over the .... Caldwell free climbed his first El Cap route in 1999, and he has ..... General; Shop; Contact.
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IBM Research News 2/2011 - Zurich  Argentinean peak. Category: WORLD GEOGRAPHY. Clue: In 1897 Swiss climber Matthias Zurbriggen became the first to scale this Argentinean peak.
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By the Coach for the Coach: It Isn't the Strongest of ... - EliteFTS.com  Sep 9, 2012 ... Knowing this, I thought it was important to speak to a good friend of mine ... I thought that if I got bigger and stronger than everyone else, they ... The clinic was put on by Kirk Woolfolk (currently the director of ... They gave me the title of a book, Speed-Strength Training by EJ .... Climbing a ladder is difficult.
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Harrison H. "Jack" Schmitt Oral History - Johnson Space Center  This oral history is with Dr. Harrison Schmitt, who was commonly referred to as Jack ... report said that itthe first person on the Moon should be a hard rock geologist. ... Unlike today, where young people can career-plan to become astronauts and go ..... I could pick up rocks with itsmall rocksand Ibut I could also dig...
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Roped Climbing Methods - Mountain Survival  Once an anchor is placed, the climber "clips" the rope into the carabiner (Figure 6-29). ... One way will allow the rope to run smoothly as the climber moves past the ... the carabiner gate facing the rock; when placing protection in a crack ensure ..... Clean aid climbing consists of using protection placed without a hammer or...
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His "Bode" of work includes 2 Alpine skiing silver medals in 2002  Jeopardy Question: U.S. WINTER OLYMPIANS - His "Bode" of work includes 2 Alpine skiing silver medals in 2002.
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Alpine Flora: Discover its Secrets and its Incredible Adaptation ...  Alpine plants usually have long tap-roots that delve deep into the soil in search ... of rubble known as scree, and the plants growing on these slopes have to cope with ... roots are necessary to the plants in order to both anchor themselves to the ... The genus Saxifraga makes for a good example of this adaptation strategy (in...
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reviews - Alpine Journal  The Day the Rope Broke. By Ronald ... old climbing topics, and the present work, dealing with the first ascent ... and Whymper always qualified his description of the accident with such .... during the climb, he can hardly do better than read this book. .... Peter Nelson, who led a British expedition to the same peak in 1958 and.
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Mayor Guards Image : Mt. Blanc: It's Not a Party Peak - Page 2 ...  Sep 13, 1988 ... YOU ARE HERE: LAT HomeCollectionsMountain Climbing ... of local authorities, usually the mayor of the nearest town, before a helicopter can be used in mountain areas. ... Today's mountain racers make the climb from the front of city hall in Chamonix to the summit and back in less than 5 1/2 hours.
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Heinrich Harrer - Wikipedia  Heinrich Harrer was an Austrian mountaineer, sportsman, geographer, and author. He is best known for being on the four-man climbing team that made the first ... Heinrich Harrer, 1997 ... Mountain climbing was Harrer's true passion. .... Harrer soon became the Dalai Lama's tutor in English, geography, and some science,...
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Rock, Ice and Mountain Climbing Terms, Glossary, Definitions ...  Anchor: A point where the rope is secured to the snow, ice or rock to provide protection against a fall. ... Many belay devices can double as a rappel device. ... Down climb: Descending a pitch often requires more skill than climbing up and ... When rock and mountain climbing, they often become frightened because they are...
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Physics professor gets physical at Games  Sports  Bangor Daily ...  Mar 29, 2009 ... Whether it was the squat, bench press or deadlift, there were sons ... Meulenberg set foot in the Pine Tree State for the first time last ... who was named best lifter overall at the meet after also breaking the ... a professional strongman, so I usually train to tow Volkswagens and throw rocks and stuff like that..
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Printer Friendly - StudyDroid  (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from the Cirque du Soleil.) When used by acrobats, this structure isn\'t called a seesaw, but this. a teeterboard. World History
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underStandIng 'alternatIVe' Sport experIenceS - Holly Thorpe, PhD  actively make sense out of their social world and construct different meanings .... both on and off the snow, including lift lines, chair lifts, resort lodges, ..... competitive snowboarder, Olympic half-pipe gold medalist Shaun White also down- played the professionalism of snowboarding in an interview with Rolling Stone: At the.
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How do rock climbers retrieve their ropes? - Straight Dope Message ...  After a long descent, they run out of rope, so find another ledge to ... of those metal thingys (yes, a technical term) that they hammer in? ... Back at the dawn of time, pitons were hammered into cracks, often causing damage to the rock, and ... into the protection with a carabiner, and then clip the rope through...
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Rock Climbing Routes & Photos in South Park, Mount Lemmon ...  Jul 1, 2007 ... At the northernmost end of the saddle (4 on map) the Northpark trail is ... an exposed rock peak will become visible up above and to the west. ... Browse More Rock Climbing Classics in South Park ... Its hard to call the same grade tho. .... You Bastards (11c) Shares two bolts with They Killed Kenny before...