Mountaineering terms source
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Flatlander1980
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Mountaineering terms source
Can anyone help with finding a source, ideally, a single source of hiking/mountaineering terms? I’m relatively new to 14ers. I do read the routes and trips and many of the items on this site, but am still finding new things out. I have started to learn the terminology by reading and looking at pictures, but ideally would like to see more definitive definitions. I’ve of course done some googling and it just seems difficult to find an article or place that has them all. I see the terms like gully, pitch, crux, couloir, face, approach, col, ridge, dihedral, etc. There are many more of course. I have a pretty good idea what most are but I’d love to learn more. I’d appreciate any references you can suggest. Thanks!
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"Mountaineering: Freedom of the Hills"
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Rollie Free
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'Freedom Of The Hills' would be an excellent book for you. It's often suggested on here. You can get it for cheap, used on Ebay. I am not a mountaineer but it's pretty comprehensive. You'd be pretty pleased with it and learn all you desire.
"Quicker than I can tell it, my hands failed to hold, my feet slipped, and down I went with almost an arrow’s rapidity. An eternity of thought, of life, of death, wife, and home concentrated on my mind in those two seconds. Fortunately for me, I threw my right arm around a projecting boulder which stood above the icy plain some two or three feet." Rev. Elijah Lamb
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nyker
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In addition to the FOH Book, which is a great suggestion, read posts here, trip reports, mountaineering guiding sites and even gear sites have some interesting reading sometimes. Absent all that just post here, someone is sure to answer you.
