chockstone


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chockstone

(ˈtʃɒkˌstəʊn)
n
1. (Mountaineering) a stone securely jammed in a crack. It may vary in size from a pebble to a large boulder
2. (Mountaineering) another name for chock3
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This updated edition combines material from two previous volumes: Climbing Anchors and More Climbing Anchors both originally published in 1993 by Chockstone Press.
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CREDITS: A Magnolia Pictures (in U.S.)/Studiocanal (in U.K.) release of a 2929 Prods, presentation of a Nick Wechsler, Chockstone Pictures production in association with Anton Capital Entertainment.
CREDITS: A 20th Century Fox release of a Fox 2000 Pictures presentation of a Scott Free/Nick Wechsler/ Chockstone Pictures production, made in association with TSG Entertainment, Ingenious Media.
release of a Metropolitan Films and Inferno presentation in association with Annapurna Pictures and 1984 Private Defense Contractors of a Plan B Entertainment and Chockstone Pictures production.
Ralston may be rather reckless, flipping his bike and so forth on his way to the canyon, but he knows what he's doing, and the accident wasn't necessarily his fault: While he was testing his weight on a loose chockstone, the rock gave way and crushed him beneath it.
of a Nick Wechsler and Chockstone Pictures production.