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Ueli Steck making a rapid 'alpine style' one-day ascent of North Couloir Direct (VI, Al 6+, M8) a major alpine climbing route on Les Drus [6]. The derived term "alpine style" alludes to the fashion of alpine climbing to be in small fast-moving teams – or even solo – who carry all of their own equipment (e.g. no porters), and do all of the climbing (e.g. no sherpas or reserve teams laying ...
"Topo" of a multi-pitch alpine climbing route on the South West Pillar of the Aiguille des Deux Aigles [] (500-metres, grade TD). Climbing routes are usually chronicled in a climbing guidebook, a climbing journal (e.g. the American Alpine Journal or the Himalayan Journal), and/or in an online route database (e.g. theCrag.com or MountainProject.com), [1] where the key details of the route are ...
A specific variant of a rope team is the technique of short-roping , which is used by mountain guides to help weaker clients, and which also does not employ fixed climbing protection points. [2] Rope teams are commonly used in alpine climbing, particularly for moving across glaciers and traveling along snow slopes and ridges.
The usual ascent is a very easy although long (12-hour) alpine route. It is taken by many people each year, including many with little or no experience of alpine climbing or high level walking. The high number of people who come to climb Aneto each year makes a significant contribution to the local economy.
The boundary between multi-pitch climbing and big wall climbing or alpine climbing is not defined. Generally, multi-pitch routes that are at least 6–10 pitches or 300–500 metres in length, and mostly require hanging belays (i.e. due to the sheer nature of the route) are considered "big wall routes".
Routes are graded in NCCS Alpine Climbing format. The normal route to the summit of Mount Rainier is the Disappointment Cleaver Route, YDS grade II-III. As climbers on this route have access to the permanently established Camp Muir, it sees the significant majority of climbing traffic on the mountain. This route is also the most common ...
In climbing, a topo (short for topology) is a graphical representation of a climbing route.Topos range from a photograph of the climb on which the line of the route is overlaid, to a detailed diagram of the key features and challenges of the climb, which are typically represented as standardized UIAA topo symbols.
The alpine style contrasts with "expedition style". With this style, climbers will carry large amounts of equipment and provisions up and down the mountain, slowly making upward progress. Climbing in an expedition style is preferred if the summit is very high or distant from civilization.