laybackingn.
/ˈleɪbakɪŋ/ Mountaineering.
The climbing of a crack by means of a lay-back.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [noun] > actions
glissading1832
rock climb1861
glissade1862
traversea1877
step cutting1884
hand traverse1897
conquest1902
bouldering1920
lay-back1925
soloing1929
hand-jamming1937
safing1937
rappelling1938
leading through1945
pendulum1945
free-climbing1946
laybacking1955
pendule1957
finger jam1959
jumar1966
jam1967
prusiking1968
jumaring1971
free solo1977
redpoint1986
mantel1987
crimping1990
1955 R. W. Clark Come climbing with Me vi. 84 Peter had his first practice at lay-backing, but a short while at it was enough to tire his wrists.
1965 A. Blackshaw Mountaineering vi. 178 Many of the best climbers nowadays jam where laybacking was formerly thought to be essential.
1972 D. Haston In High Places ii. 20 The crux involves lay-backing and right hand pulling. Laybacking is hard work even with two good arms—it involves going up a corner crack with hands pulling against the edge of the crack and feet braced against the main wall.
1987 Climber Mar. 15/2 Our last contribution was a shorter fall left of Umbrella Fall..capped by a wind-twisted ice hood which was passed by laybacking and jamming between icicles.
Derivatives
ˈlayback v. [as a back-formation] (intransitive) .
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > mountaineer or climb [verb (intransitive)] > climbing techniques
glissade1837
sidle1867
traverse1897
abseil1908
to back up1909
bridge1909
to rope down1935
jam1950
rappel1950
prusik1959
solo1964
free-climb1968
hand jam1968
jumar1969
layback1972
pendule1973
top-rope1974
crimp1989
free solo1992
1972 D. Haston In High Places v. 67 We decided to climb on the extreme right,..laybacking up the edge.
1987 J. Curran K2 (1989) i. vi. 82 The previous day Aid had reclimbed the fixed ropes to the high point, often laybacking on them to pull them clear, and had managed to fix one more rope-length to 7400 metres.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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