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Climb or Die Vocabulary

Climb or Die Vocabulary. Contours. Outlines or shapes of something. pitons. Metal spikes with rings at one end, which a rope can be passed through for support while climbing. Ice ax. Item used for climbing to cut steps into ice. foothold. Place giving firm support for a foot while climbing.

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Climb or Die Vocabulary

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  1. Climb or Die Vocabulary

  2. Contours • Outlines or shapes of something

  3. pitons • Metal spikes with rings at one end, which a rope can be passed through for support while climbing

  4. Ice ax • Item used for climbing to cut steps into ice

  5. foothold • Place giving firm support for a foot while climbing

  6. belay • To secure a rope for climbing

  7. overcome • Gain victory • conquer

  8. terrain • Type of land in an area

  9. carabiners • Oval rings that attach a rope to a piton

  10. fatigue • Extreme tiredness

  11. improvising • Making something from available materials

  12. vacant • Hollow • empty

  13. desperate • Feeling of despair • hopeless

  14. ridge • Edge or strip of a high land

  15. coaxed • Encourage • convince

  16. functioned • A filled job or duty for a particular purpose • Role • Operated

  17. rummaged • Search hard, maybe carelessly

  18. intently • Done in a way that is with a lot of concentration

  19. textures • Feel or appearance of a surface

  20. desolate • Empty • Deserted

  21. reassure • Restore confidence • Make to feel secure

  22. drifts • Big piles of snow

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