WALKER'S DICTIONARY
Fingerboard
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Bifurcated
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to cause to divide into two branches or parts.
Karst
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Landscape shaped by the dissolution of a layer or layers of soluble bedrock, usually carbonate rock such as limestone or dolomite.
VIRTIGUOUS
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Sites difficult to manage for sufferers of vertigo and fear of heights.
Bitumen
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A mixture of organic liquids that are highly viscous, black, sticky, entirely soluble in carbon disulfide, and composed primarily of highly ...
Deposito
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Water resevoire
Defile
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a narrow passage or gorge
declivity
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A downward slope or sloping, as of a hill
Recce
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The examination or survey of the general geological characteristics of a region. Walkers do recees to discover new walks.
PATH
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A trail made by animal or man.
MOZARABIC TRAILS
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Ancient Moorish trading routes between villages.
NECKLACE PATH
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Path following contour of mountain.
BARRANCO
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A deep ravine or gorge.
BANCALES
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Terraces formed of traditional stone walls that merge with the natural topography.
PROCESSIONAL CATERPILLER
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Pine caterpillars or Thaumetopoea pityocampa are common to Spain and France. Normally found nesting in the abundance of pine trees on hills...
SCRAMBLE
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More vertical ascents and decents normally requiring use of both hands and feet.
NEVERA
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Stone lined chamber where snow layered in straw would have been packed to last throughout the summer
TRIG POINT
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Cement (usually) piller normally designating highest point on mountain.
TRACK
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Usually unpaved, man-made passage, meant for two wheel wide vehicles at one time or other.
COL
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A pass between two mountain peaks or a gap in a ridge, usually saddle shaped.
CAIRN
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A pile of rocks marking the direction of the trail. Important to pay attention to, particularly on mountains
SCREE
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Scree, also called talus, is a term given to an accumulation of broken rock fragments at the base of crags, mountain cliffs, or valley shou...
Mackie
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This stuff !!! From the french word "maquise".
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