SRT basic terms

Vertical caving terminology and methods

SRT basic terms

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• SRT (pronounced as 3 separate letters), kamikaze caving (former name)
• Abseiling (usually pronounced "AB-sale-ing" rather than the more correct "AB-sile-ing" or "AB-zile-ing"), descending, abbing ("rappelling" in USA), dropping (a pitch)
• Body abseil, classic abseil, hot seat, shoulder abseil ("hasty rappel", "arm wrap" or "arm rappel" in USA), gym abseil, Kletterschluss, leg wrap, over the shoulder abseil (body abseil), double leg wrap, two leg seat, shoulder wrap, over-the-hip, neck wrap, Dülfersitz, Dolomite abseil, Dülfer-Kletterschluß, French neck wrap, Gènevoise method
• Fast rope
• Snatchy rope, jerky rope, snatchy descent, jerky descent, snatchy descender
• Doubled rope
• Bottom belayer
• Prusiking (pronounced "PRUH-sik-king", rather than the more correct "PROO-zik-king"), ascending, jumaring, agripping, gérarding (sometimes "climbing" in USA)
• Reverse prusiking, downclimbing
• Tandem prusiking
• Bottom weighting, self-starting
• Bounce, resonance
• Protection
• Traverse
• Traverse line
• Bolt traverse
• Tyrolean traverse (sometimes "postman's bridge", "two-rope bridge" or "double rope bridge" with adventure courses)
• Tension traverse, sloping Tyrolean traverse (sometimes "guided descent" in Australia and other countries)
• Foot rope, footline
• Backup
• Y-hang
• Rebelay (pronounced "REE-BEE-lay", not "REE-bu-LAY")
• Hanging rebelay
• Floating rebelay
• Rebelay loop, loop (rebelay)
• Deviation ("redirect" in USA)
• Rope join
• Passing a knot, crossing a knot, mid-rope knot, knot pass, knot, rope join (passing a knot)
• Pendulum, swing
• Pendulum loop, offset rebelay (sometimes "tension traverse" in Australia)
• Safety knot, stopper knot (uncommon but technically correct name), idiot knot
• Locking off, tying off, hard lock, soft lock, secure lock, rapid lock
• Up rope
• Down rope, free end, standing end (of a rope)
• Short end (of a rope)
• Tail, pigtail
• Mid-rope changeover, change of direction, direction change
• Pull-through ("retrievable rigging" or "retrievable anchor" in the USA)
• Hang
• Free-hang, clean hang
• Technical pitch, technical route, technical rigging
• Z-rig (pronounced "zed-rig"), 3:1 mechanical advantage system, 3:1 pulley system, block and tackle ("Z-drag" for pulling objects in USA)
• Gardening
• Spaghetti, tangle
• Hung up
• Improvised rescue, self rescue, assist, assisted rescue, one ascender prusik method, one knot prusik method
• Suspension syncope (pronounced as "sink a pee"), suspension pre-syncope, suspension syndrome, suspension trauma, harness hang syndrome, harness compression syndrome, orthostatic syndrome, orthostatic syncope, orthostatic shock
• Stranded, marooned
• SRT practice room, SRT wall, SRT facility, SRT training facility, SRT tower, SRTree

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