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Record 1 1986-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
DEF

to connect or fasten together (a party of mountain climbers) with a rope.

CONT

... the law ... is: rope up ... Even though a fortunate climber makes hundreds of climbs during a score of seasons and never once steps into a crevasse, if he is ... wise ... he has kept up the premiums of his climbing insurance by wearing a rope ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
CONT

les alpinistes s'encordent en pratiquant des boucles spéciales, simples à faire, à des distances pouvant varier de 10 à 30 mètres, selon la longueur des passages de l'escalade projetée.

Spanish

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