* On-sight climbing

Contemporarily, the terms " bourgeoisie " and " bourgeois " identify the ruling class in capitalist societies, as a social stratum ; while " bourgeois " describes the Weltanschauung ( worldview ) of men and women whose way of thinking is socially and culturally determined by their economic materialism and philistinism, a social identity catalogued and described in drame bourgeois ( bourgeois drama ), which satirizes buying the trappings of a noble-birth identity as the means climbing the social ladder.

It is an epiphyte growing to 20 m tall, with stems up to 4 cm diameter, climbing by means of aerial roots which adhere to surfaces.

The only means of reaching it was by climbing a long ladder, which was drawn up whenever the monks felt threatened.

“ It is a very common clever device that when anyone has attained the summit of greatness, he kicks away the ladder by which he has climbed up, in order to deprive others of the means of climbing up after him.

This means that a rocket engine that spends any significant amount of time climbing through the atmosphere cannot be optimally shaped ; as it climbs the ambient pressure changes, so the exact shape and length of the skirt would have to change in order to maintain the proper pressure.

An even longer version, Taumata-whakatangihanga-koauau-o-Tamatea-haumai-tawhiti-ure-haea-turi-pukaka-piki-maunga-horo-nuku-pokai-whenua-ki-tana-tahu, has 105 letters and means The hill of the flute playing by Tamatea — who was blown hither from afar, had a slit penis, grazed his knees climbing mountains, fell on the earth, and encircled the land — to his beloved.

The rider usually travels to the point of descent by other means than cycling, such as a ski lift or automobile, as the weight of the downhill mountain bike often precludes any serious climbing.

Mountain ranges are frequently at high elevations, remote, and tend to have poor weather much of the time, which means that the climber spends more time hiking, camping, and battling the elements than actually climbing.

Important features of trad climbing are a strong focus on exploration, and a strict dedication to leaving nature unblemished by older means of protection such as damage to the rock caused by use of pitons.

Sport climbing, on the other hand, requires bolts to be permanently drilled into the rock face providing the exclusive or primary means of protection.

A sleeping bag is a protective " bag " for a person to sleep in, essentially a blanket that can be closed with a zipper or similar means, and functions as a bed in situations where a bed is unavailable ( e. g. when camping, hiking, hill walking or climbing ).

* G-How a flue could be straighten to make it sweepable by mechanical means * H-A dead climbing boy, suffocated in a fall of soot that accumulated at the cant of the flue.

They are shrubby lianas growing to 4-10 m high through shrubs and trees, climbing by means of aerial adhesive rootlets.

To achieve high speed across country, glider pilots anticipating strong thermals often load their gliders ( sailplanes ) with water ballast: the increased wing loading means optimum glide ratio at higher airspeed, but at the cost of climbing more slowly in thermals.

An ice axe is not only used as an aid to climbing, but also as a means of self-arrest in the event of a downhill slip.

This typically means climbing without a rope.

The basic assumption of crevasse rescue is that two or more climbers are tied together with a climbing rope, forming a rope team ; a standard number is three, one on each end and one in the middle, which means there are two available to hold a falling climber, but is not as complicated to manage as large numbers of people attached to a single rope.

Anchorites practiced continuous meditation on the scriptures as a means of climbing the ladder of perfection — a common religious image in the Mediterranean world and one found in Christianity through the story of Jacob's ladder — and sought to fend off the demon of acedia (" un-caring "), a boredom or apathy that prevents us from continuing on in our spiritual training.

Ropes and bolts may only be used for safety but never as a means of climbing.

As its name suggests, it is the largest species of rose, climbing 20 m or more into the crowns of other trees by means of its stout, hooked thorns, and with a trunk up to 50 cm diameter.

( In the case of people notable both for mountain climbing and, say, flat-land tree climbing, there would be a need to weigh whether the tree climbing was primarily a natural consequence of the mountain-climbing skills, or primarily a means of building those skills, and whether one reason for notability outweighed and obscured the other.

* On-Sight Climbing, the ascent of a rock climbing route on the first attempt, with no falls, without prior knowledge of its specifics beyond its difficulty rating and number of protection points, if a bolted climbing route.

It is recommended individuals drink plenty of water whilst climbing, and those who are unfit, suffer from vertigo or medical conditions restricting exercise, do not attempt it.

Following a failed attempt in 1935 to make the first ascent of the remote, icy Mount Waddington in British Columbia, with a Sierra Club group, Brower added winter climbing to his expertise and made multiple first winter ascents of peaks in the Sierra Nevada.

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Before it was successfully climbed, most of the attempts on the face ended tragically and the Bernese authorities even banned climbing it and threatened to fine any party that should attempt it again.

* 1961: Don Whillans climbing with Chris Bonington aborted his only attempt at the North face ( arriving ahead of a large rescue team ) to rescue Brian Nally, a British climber whose companion, Barry Brewster, had fallen and was badly injured on the Second Icefield.

Though fraught with danger, some locals risk climbing down into the crater in an attempt to recollect the sacrificed goods that believed could bring them good luck.

There are many routes for approaching and climbing the volcano, and many people attempt it, mostly during the period from October to March.

Throughout much of the game, the player must attempt to traverse the palace by running across walls, ascending or descending chasms by jumping back and forth between walls, avoiding traps, climbing structures and jumping from platform to platform, making other types of well-timed leaps, solving puzzles, and using discovered objects to progress.

In order to attempt a trekking peak, a climbing permit ( non-refundable ) must be obtained from the NMA in Kathmandu.

The Bundjalung observe cultural and traditional restrictions forbidding the uninitiated from climbing the mountain, and, as such, generally ask that others also do not attempt to climb the mountain.

By 21 May, Wilfrid Noyce and Annullu had reached the psychological milestone of the South Col. Hunt had selected two climbing pairs to attempt the summit.

Hueco Tanks is also widely regarded as one of the best areas in the world for bouldering ( rock climbing, low enough to attempt without ropes for protection ), unique for its rock type, the concentration and quality of the climbing.

A small number of fell runners who are also rock climbers, nevertheless do attempt records traversing ridges that allow running and involve scrambling and rock climbing — particularly where the record is 24 h or less.

Indoor climbing is an increasingly popular form of rock climbing performed on artificial structures that attempt to mimic the experience of outdoor rock.

Wickersham made the first climbing attempt on Mount McKinley in 1903.

The sky was " like lead " and an attempt at climbing brought spots before his eyes and a doctor's diagnosis that his heart condition was " precarious ".

Perhaps the best-known escape attempt occurred on June 10, 1977, when James Earl Ray, the assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., escaped with six other inmates by climbing over a fence.

Their attempt commenced on May 18, but the group was forced to turn back after climbing to about.

Kit Carson had been with the climbing party on its first attempt at the peak, but had gone back for supplies the day Fremont and his men reached the summit.