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What does ABC camp mean when climbing?

Category: Sports/Sports

Problem description:

I often see mountaineering campsites called ABC campsites. Some people say it is the highest campground that can be used as a base camp. It's called ABC. Some say that the camp set up when preparing to climb is called ABC camp.

What exactly does this ABC camp mean? What’s the origin?

Analysis:

ABC camp is the forward camp, which is the English abbreviation of the forward camp.

Mountaineering terminology

Base camp

Advanced base camp

Camp one

Attack camp

Serac

Ice fall

Gully

Crevasse < /p>

Hidden crevasse

Plateau

Couloir

Pinnacle

Knife ridge

Col ??

Hanging glacier

Rock ridge

Snow ridge

Snow face/wall

Ice face/wall

Crosscut Traverse

Snow plough,To break the trail

Avalanche

Snow storm

To rope up

Self belay

Belaying point < /p>

Moving up together

White out in foggy weather

Blue ice

Gap

< p> Crack

Pick

Blade

Shaft

Spitze

p>

Accident

Approach

Valley terrain Kar

Slope

Schedule, Acting plan

Support

Protect Belay

Stance

Step cut

Cornice < /p>

The first step

Top

Icicle

Tent pole

Mountain Pass Pass

Glacier

Ice field

Ice tongue

Bivouac

Moraine