Vertical caving terminology and methods > Pitches and potholes, general terms
The place where a rigged route starts, or the place where the caver's feet first leave the floor so that they are hanging on the rope, at a pitch head. This is sometimes a short distance before the pitch head, if a bolt traverse is needed before the pitch itself, or if the route needs an ascent first to get over an obstacle at the pitch head. Alternatively, it could be after the pitch head if the route starts at the pitch head, but avoids a hang at the pitch head itself, and starts instead from elsewhere on the pitch.
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