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John Robert "Johnny" Strange (December 26, 1991 – October 1, 2015) was a world record holding adventurer. At 17, he became the youngest to climb the Seven Summits , [ 1 ] a record now held by Jordan Romero at 15 years, 5 months and 12 days.
A A-grade Also aid climbing grade. The technical difficulty grading system for aid climbing (both for "original" and an adapted version for "new wave"), which goes: A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 and up to A6 (for "new wave"). See C-grade. Abalakov thread Abalakov thread Also V-thread. A type of anchor used in abseiling especially in winter and in ice climbing. ABD Also assisted braking device. A term ...
Urban Dictionary Screenshot Screenshot of Urban Dictionary front page (2018) Type of site Dictionary Available in English Owner Aaron Peckham Created by Aaron Peckham URL urbandictionary.com Launched December 9, 1999 ; 25 years ago (1999-12-09) Current status Active Urban Dictionary is a crowdsourced English-language online dictionary for slang words and phrases. The website was founded in ...
In 1911, Austrian climber Paul Preuss started what became known as the Mauerhakenstreit (or "piton dispute"), by advocating for a transition to "free climbing" via a series of essays and articles in the German Alpine Journal where he defined "artificial aid" and proposed 6 rules of free climbing including the important rule 4: "The piton is an ...
Climber, or Climbers may refer to: Climber, a participant in the activity of climbing; Climber, general name for a vine or other climbing plant; Climber, or climbing specialist, a road bicycle racer who can ride especially well on highly inclined roads; Climber (BEAM), a robot that goes upward or downward on a track; Climber, by Nintendo
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(Ireland) - used by Ethnic/Catholic Irish to mean the English settled there, presumably because they feel English domination in Ireland was established militarily, so the "invaders" are likened to the hordes of Attila. Use attested around WWI and the independence war; reportedly still goes on in the 6 counties of Northern Ireland.
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