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Slang for "rock climbing"

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Greeley · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Aug 2012 · Points: 15

What are some good slang terms or phrases for rock climbing? I'm not talking about terms used in climbing (e.g., whipper, crater, bomber), but a word or phrase to describe the act of climbing itself. For example: "What are you doing this weekend?" "I'm going to go ________."

Other sports have phrases like, "shoot hoops" (basketball), "catch some waves" (surfing), "shoot some stick" (pool), "shred the gnar" (skiing/snowboarding). But what about rock climbing?

The only phrases I can think of are "send," "pebble wrestling" (bouldering), and "pump plastic" (gym climbing). I'm sure I'm missing some obvious ones. Help me out.

ARussell · · Unknown Hometown · Joined May 2008 · Points: 261

Clip bolts
Plug gear
Crush
Jam cracks

Kurt G · · Monticello, UT · Joined Nov 2012 · Points: 156

hit the crag

ARussell · · Unknown Hometown · Joined May 2008 · Points: 261

Pocket pulling

wivanoff · · Northeast, USA · Joined Mar 2012 · Points: 674

pinch boulders

Count Chockula · · Littleton, CO · Joined Aug 2006 · Points: 5

Placing some widgets.

Kirk Miller · · Catalina, AZ and Ilwaco, WA · Joined May 2003 · Points: 1,824

Pull down.

As in, "I was pulling down in Eldo yesterday and had to throw a gnarly chicken wing just to keep it together dude!"

Chris Duca · · Dixfield, ME · Joined Dec 2006 · Points: 2,330

I've heard lead climbing referred to as "long roping" before. Kind of makes me chuckle every time I use it in jest.

Mateo Cuellar · · Salt Lake City, Utah · Joined May 2013 · Points: 10

wrestle pebbles

Alex Bury · · Ojai, CA · Joined Jun 2012 · Points: 2,376

Here are the obvious ones you are missing:
-Pulling down
-Cranking
-Roping up

Nicholas Patterson · · Sheridan, WY · Joined Aug 2009 · Points: 55
youtube.com/watch?v=lhCPVgc…

if you're talking to your climbing partners, call it anything you want.
"hey bro, let's go get our 'panties in a bunch'!"

if you're talking to other people, just make up some egg salad sandwich story.
Kirk Hutchinson · · Unknown Hometown · Joined May 2012 · Points: 0

Fight with rocks.

Clifton Santiago · · Denver, CO · Joined Apr 2010 · Points: 0

get elevated

Jeremy Hand · · Northern VA · Joined Feb 2012 · Points: 100

rock wrasslin'

Kent Pease · · Littleton, CO · Joined Feb 2006 · Points: 1,066

I use the term “Vertical Recreation”.
Note that there are also “Inclined Recreation” (skiing) and “Horizontal Recreation”.

Simon Thompson · · New Paltz, NY · Joined Apr 2011 · Points: 890

Let's go get high.

Jeff Thilking · · Lynchburg, VA · Joined Jun 2012 · Points: 65

medicate

Matt Hails · · Lakewood, CO · Joined Feb 2013 · Points: 40

Crushin'

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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