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onsight

onsight  n.— «Onsight: The best kind of flash—bottom to top without falling, in the first try, without the benefit of beta.» —“Why indoor rock climbing is the height of fashion” by Sharon Doyle...

dinner plate

dinner plate
 n.— «Dinner plate: A relatively flat hold.» —“Why indoor rock climbing is the height of fashion” by Sharon Doyle Driedger Maclean’s (Can.) Sept. 18, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

beta

beta  n.— «Beta: Tips, clues or any other information on how to climb a difficult route.» —“Why indoor rock climbing is the height of fashion” by Sharon Doyle Driedger Maclean’s (Can.) Sept. 18, 1995...

flash

flash  n.— «Flash: Climbing a wall without falling on the first try.» —“Why indoor rock climbing is the height of fashion” by Sharon Doyle Driedger Maclean’s (Can.) Sept. 18, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued...

beta

beta  n.— «BETA: A verbal videotape of how to make a particular climb. Example: “Lay off the arete to a mono, cross through left then match on the slope, rock on the high step, set and dyno for the bucks.”» —“It’s...

beta

beta  n.— «Gunstone wrote and published “The Traveler’s Guide to Washington Rock Climbing” and was widely known as “Beta,” a term used by rock climbers to refer to good information on a route.» —“David...

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