General Climbing Discussion

Topic	Date	User
Origins of climbing lingo	25-Oct-2010 At 1:48:53 PM	ambyeok
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Heading back from the crag I was thinking about the origin of the word "pitch". Initial guesses centered around the concept of 'pitching a tent', perhaps from early alpine style origins. Some googling reveals that a pitch is considered the length of a rope, but that seems like a newish concept. The earliest sense of the word was said to be "to drive a stake or pole into the ground". Perhaps this refers to a piton belay? So the challenge to all you bomber pro wannabes is to give me a definitive, unarguable and 100% gospel of truth explanation of the origin of the climbing term "pitch".

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