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
belay
• To secure a rope for climbing
overcome
• Gain victory• conquer
terrain
• Type of land in an area
carabiners
• Oval rings that attach a rope to a piton
fatigue
• Extreme tiredness
improvising
• Making something from available materials
vacant
• Hollow• empty
desperate
• Feeling of despair• hopeless
ridge
• Edge or strip of a high land
coaxed
• Encourage• convince
functioned
• A filled job or duty for a particular purpose• Role• Operated
rummaged
• Search hard, maybe carelessly
intently
• Done in a way that is with a lot of concentration
textures
• Feel or appearance of a surface
desolate
• Empty • Deserted
reassure
• Restore confidence• Make to feel secure
drifts
• Big piles of snow