CLIFF HANGER Vocabulary

An object or a person that a climber’s rope can be tied to for safety. BELAY An object or a person that a climber’s rope can be tied to for safety.

HARNESS A set of leather straps and metal pieces used to keep a person or animal in place

The act of moving downward DECENT The act of moving downward

A flat place like a shelf on a side of a cliff or rock wall LEDGE A flat place like a shelf on a side of a cliff or rock wall

To move down a cliff by sliding down a rope RAPPEL To move down a cliff by sliding down a rope

A slow or difficult journey on foot TREKKED A slow or difficult journey on foot