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🛌 A reclined position 🧗 A climbing move ↩️ To lean back
layback

layback

8.8
A climbing move of leaning back while pulling with hands and pushing with feet
  • noun
  • Jargon
translation icon : movimiento de layback
  • She struggled at first but finally managed a smooth layback around the corner.

Examples

  • The climber used a layback to move up the vertical crack in the rock face.

  • He executed a perfect layback on the overhang.

  • Mastering the layback technique can help you tackle more challenging climbing routes.

  • The climber's layback technique impressed everyone.

  • To reach the top of the cliff, the climber executed a layback move, leaning away from the rock while pushing with his feet.

  • During the climbing class, he demonstrated a layback, pulling on the holds while positioning his feet against the wall for support.

  • She mastered the layback technique, which required her to push out with her feet while maintaining her grip on the rock face.

Surface Forms

layback singular
laybacks plural

Morphology

layback = lay + back (semi-transparent) = lay + back + lay

The components signal leaning away/back, but the specific technical climbing technique is a specialized extension not obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Layback in climbing comes from the same parts, lay ('to put down' or 'lie') and back ('toward the rear'); picture a climber 'laying back' away from a crack while pulling with the hands and pushing with the feet. That picture shows why the climbing move is called a layback.