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aid climbing

British

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.

From National Geographic

Aid climbing describes the style used to climb the Dawn Wall before Caldwell and Jorgeson.

From New York Times

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.

From New York Times

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