This week’s jargon busting letter is O! O is for…
Overhangs and open hands, over grips and off widths, oppositions, onsights and outside edges – O!
OFFWIDTH
A crack that is too wide to jam but too narrow to climb inside.
OVERHANG
An area of the rock face where the top protrudes further than the bottom, meaning that gravity makes the climbing a lot harder on your arms.
OPEN HAND
Gripping a hold with the fingers only slightly bent.
OPPOSITION
Creating tension either by pulling a pair of holds that face away from each other or pushing on a pair of holds that face each other.
ONSIGHT
Any route which is finished first time, with no falls, without seeing the Beta.
OUTSIDE EDGE
The curved section of a climbing shoe between the tip of the big toe and the side of the little toe.
OVER GRIPPING
Holding on with the hands harder then necessary, wasting strength and energy. Will usually result in “Pump”.
Watch out for the rest of our alphabet dropping soon. Meanwhile, you can read about words beginning with N here…
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