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ROUNDED HOLD [1 record]

Record 1 1994-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
CONT

The open grip is the way you latch either a big hold or a rounded hold. Your fingers conform to the natural curvature of the hold and you pull ... but what supplies the actual purchase is the friction of the finger pads on the hold.

OBS

Holds can be flat, incut or rounded.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
DEF

prise [...] de forme convexe [...]

CONT

Les prises rondes. On y applique toute la main, qui s'y maintiendra par adhérence [...]

Spanish

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