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The Complete Book of Big Wall Climbing…

BIG WALL GLOSSSARY

Sample…

big wall joke - a pun that is absurdly meaningless to any sensible person, yet hilarious to a group of wall climbers;

bozo – an individual who, usually quite unknowingly, provides a local big wall community with a variety of entertaining and often humorous observations (that is, provided that you never climb with this individual)

butterfingers - an individual that is given to dropping things, especially while climbing;

[wall] coach - an individual that provides technical direction with little, if any, direct participation;

[wall] consultant - someone who provides both technical direction and direct participation [in the climbing of a big wall];

[wall] critic - very similar to a literary critic, a wall critic is someone who does not find enough adventure or fulfillment in their own climbing (or writing) and so decides how others should climb (or write);