Scaling

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Scaling (a pitch), scaling (a wall)

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Scaling Titan, Peak Cavern, a 141.5 metre ascent that took 5 months to complete in 1999, becoming the tallest free-hanging pitch in Britain. Picture by Clive Westlake (colourised).
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Scaling overhanging walls into an unexpored roof tube (top left). Cobweb Cave, Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia. Picture by Mark Burkey.

Successfully climing or otherwise ascending something particularly difficult, which might at first appear nearly impossible. While any kind of climbing could potentially be called scaling, the word is normally reserved for cases where success was not expected, or where the process has taken a lot of time, or a lot of attempts, or a lot of effort, or if it was a particularly tall ascent. This might include free climbing, lead climbing, maypoling, or aid climbing, while it might only be used with bolting if the process is particularly lengthy.

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