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Questions about the sport of climbing.

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What do all the climber-specific terms and slang mean?

I've been hearing a lot of words thrown around by climbers like "crimper", "gaston", "flag out", "whipper", "flapper", and others. What do these and the rest even mean? Could someone compile a list …
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What do all the climber-specific terms and slang mean?

A particularly long-distance, often undesirable fall while sport climbing or trad climbing. The name comes from the whipping motion of the rope while catching the fall. …