Peak Vocabulary Set 1

To be lowered down by a rope.

• rappel

• audacious

• mountaineer

• foothold

a display of public graffiti

• tagging

• circling the drain

• summit

• footholds

Where a climber grips with his toes / feet.

• fingerhold

• demeanor

• summit

• footholds

the top; the highest point on a mountain

• HAPE

• rappel

• mountaineer

• summit

someone who enjoys climbing mountains for sport is called a....

• mountaineer

• foothold

• fingerhold

• audacious

a type of altitude sickess

• HAPE

• summit sickness

• audacious

• rappel

a downward spiral of behavior or events

• demeanor

• circling the drain

• summit

• HAPE

where a climber grips with his fingers / hands

• fingerholds

• footholds

• mountaineer

• tag

somoneone's attitude and body-language that gives insight to their mood

• demeanor

• audacious

• rappel

• summit

something that is daring, unusual or outrageous

• rappe

• circling the drain

• demeanor

• audacious