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aid climbing
noun
Also called: peg climbing. pegging. artificial climbing. mountaineering climbing that employs mechanical devices (aids) to accomplish difficult manoeuvres (artificial moves)
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Most El Cappers require quite a bit of free climbing and aid climbing with gear.
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Aid climbing describes the style used to climb the Dawn Wall before Caldwell and Jorgeson.
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In those cases a climber must place gear onto the rock and then pull on that gear to aid in upward movement — a technique known as aid climbing.
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