Redpoint
verb
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Definitions
Verb
- 1 To free-climb (a route), while lead climbing, after having practiced the route beforehand. transitive
Etymology
From red + point, as a calque of German Rotpunkt, coined by Kurt Albert in the mid-1970s at Frankenjura. He would paint a red X on a fixed pin that he could avoid using for a foothold or handhold.
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