Touching the Void Vocab Quiz Crossword
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
 
 
Down: 1) temporary place to cling or grab whilst climbing3) steel spike fixed on a frame that is fastened to the climber's boot to prevent slipping on ice and snow4) a coupling link with a safety closure, used by rock climbers to attach the rope5) deep open cracks or fissures found in glaciers7) sudden collapse of snowfall down a mountain9) funnel-like steep gorge or gully, often a chute for ice, snow, and stones falling from above10) loose powdery snow that falls off the mountain during and after a snowfall13) small fluffy clouds that look like cotton wool15) a metal spring-loaded expanding device used to provide anchor points in rock cracks to secure the rope 18) sleeping bag used without a tent19) sheltered side of the mountain Across: 2) in mountaineering, an overhanging mass of snow found on ridges6) narrow point where two sides of a mountain meet8) a temporary camp without tents or cover11) extreme sickness felt whilst climbing mountains due to the differences in oxygen12) a peg or spike of metal with an eye used to support either a climber or the rope; driven into cracks in the rock and threaded for use as a belay14) long narrow crack that appears in a cornice16) accumulations of boulders, rocks, and other debris either carried on or in or left behind by a glacier17) to descend by means of a double rope attached to a firm belay20) a safe stance; the rock, pin or object around which a rope has been secured
 

 

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