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rock climb

British  

noun

  1. an instance of rock climbing or the route followed

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (intr) to practise rock climbing

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The goal here is to surf in the ocean at dawn, ski in the mountains in the afternoon and — here’s the twist — rock climb in the desert at sunset.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2024

They range from around 300 feet to nearly 5,600 feet — the longest technical rock climb in Africa, established in 1978.

From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2022

We did the Tooth, a rock climb near Seattle.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2022

Image: Google Or you can rock climb against Fukuro, an owl sporting two ladles you might find outside a Shinto shrine.

From The Verge • Jul. 22, 2021

It was as near perpendicular as a slope can get without actually being a rock climb.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

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