| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abseil | The process by which a climber can descend a fixed rope. Also known as Rappel. |
| Anchor | Point where the rope is secured to the rock with bolts, rocks, slings, trees or other gear. |
| Ascender | A device for ascending on a rope. |
| ATC | Air Traffic Controller. Descender / belay device used commonly in climbing. |
| Belay | Controlling the rope that is fed out to the climber or abseiler. |
| Beta | Information or advice about a route given by other canyoners. |
| Bolt | A point of protection permanently installed in a hole drilled into the rock, to which a metal hanger is attached, having a hole for a carabiner or ring. |
| CAM | A spring loaded device used as rock climbing or mountaineering protection equipment. |
| Carabiner | Metal rings with spring-loaded gates, used as connectors. Usually oval or roughly D shaped. Also known as crab or biner. |
| Chockstone | Rock or boulder wedged into a narrow canyon or crack. |
| Cowstail | A length of dynamic rope with a carabiner attached that allows you clip into anchors. |
| Daisy Chain | A sling sewn with several loops. |
| Deadman | An object buried into the ground to serve as an anchor for an attached rope. |
| Diversion | An additional anchor part way down that changes the angle/position of the rope. |
| Figure8 | Descender / belay device shaped like an 8. |
| Fixed Protection | Bolts, rings, pitons and other pieces of unremovable protection that maybe found in a canyon. |
| Handline | Down climbing a fixed line. |
| Harness | A sewn nylon webbing device worn around the waist and thighs that is designed to allow a person to safely hang suspended in the air. |
| HMS Carabiner | A round ended carabiner specifically for use with a Munter hitch. |
| LAMAR | LAst Man At Risk. |
| Piton | Metal spike hammered into cracks to act as a safety point. |
| Prusik | A knot used for ascending a rope. |
| Pull Cord | A rope used to retrieve a fixed abseil line. |
| Rebelay | The second anchor point part way down the cliff wall or waterfall. |
| Rebolting | The replacement of bolts. |
| SAR | Search and Rescue. |
| Scrambling | A type of climbing somewhere between hiking and rock climbing. |
| Scree | Small, loose, broken rocks, often at the base of a cliff, |
| Sling | Webbing sewn, or tied, into a loop. |
| Smearing | To use friction on the sole of the shoe, in the absence of any useful footholds. |
| Soloing | Canyoning alone without a partner. |
| SRT | Single Rope Technique. |
| Static Rope | A non dynamic rope. Static rope is mostly used in canyoning. |
| Stem | Climbing using two faces that are at an angle less than 180° to each other. |
| Webbing | Woven flat nylon strip material used to make slings. |
| Zip Line | A fixed line for sliding down. Also known as Tyrollean Traverse. |
Adapted from: http://www.bogley.com/forum/showthread.php?21603-Canyoneering-Glossary
