Pitches and potholes, general terms

Vertical caving terminology and methods

Pitches and potholes, general terms

Subsections

• Pitch, pot ("pit" in USA)
• Pitch head
• Takeoff
• Lip (of a pitch), edge (of a pitch)
• Pitch base
• Ledge, traverse ledge, shelf
• Shaft
• Surface shaft, daylight shaft, entrance pitch, open air shaft
• Exposed pitch, exposed route, airy route
• Aven
• Pothole (pronounced as "pot hole"), pot ("pit cave" in USA)
• Potholing
• Potholer
• Bottoming (a cave), bottoming (a pitch), bottoming out (of a cave)
• Topping out
• Idiot tourists
• Dropzone, drop zone, firing line, missile alley
• Shrapnel, missile, falling debris
• Hazard
• Fear of heights, acrophobia
• Fall, freefall, plummet, plunge, peel off (a climb), thrown off (a climb), slide (down a climb), slip (off a climb), lost footing, lost grip, topple (off), tumble, come a cropper, bounced (off the ground), decked, cratered, come down hard, take a spill, leap off (a tall drop), swept off, swept over, knocked down, impact test, rapid descent, uncontrolled descent

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