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