free-climb
verb
free-climbed; free-climbing; free-climbs
: to climb something (such as a rock face) without using aids for support
free climber
noun
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This season, the plan was to come out here, work on it, and then go for a ground-up free-climbing push attempt, which is going from the ground and trying to free every pitch from there to the top.
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Abigail Wise, Outside, 17 Nov. 2025
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Abigail Wise, Outside, 17 Nov. 2025
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“Free-climb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free-climb. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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