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Sports / Fitness / Recreation / Ice climbing | | French term or phrase: Cigare | I've copied a couple of sentences off a website to put this in context:
Après une bonne marche d'approche, nous voilà aux pieds de deux beaux cigares d'environ 30m bien raides.
C'est assez pauvre en glace et ça rend les cigares vraiment raide et impressionnant.
The same site has some excellent pictures, you can see what they look like on:
http://monts-et-cimes.over-blog.com/article-cascade-de-glace... |
| simon tillKudoZ activityQuestions: 15 (none open) ( 1 without valid answers) Answers: 8
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| | crux pillar / 'cigar' | Explanation:
'Climb: A rare route that can be climbed mixed but with very
poor protection. Work up two steps on thin sheets to the
third step and ‘cogar’ shaped crux pillar. Carefully climb the
skinny ‘stogie’ to a large, mid-height ledge and follow fatter
ice to the trees. The small crux pillar (cigar) is usually thin and
weak with less than desirable gear. There is an old pin found
on the left wall of the second step but serves little use.'
(source, http://www.grizguides.com/downloads/LehighValleyWeb.pdf)
'Easy ramps, goullottes and free-standing "cigars" mean that the climber is never short of variety.'
(source, http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/page.php?id=1691)
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Note added at 16 hrs (2010-11-11 09:01:12 GMT)
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Here's another example, using 'pillar' as part of a 'cigar' formation. HTH,
'Johnny teamed up with Rupert Gardiner for two first ascents. Their first new route was Kapa O Panga (water ice grade WI5, 35m), which is the middle pillar of the distinctive Three Cigars ice formation.'
(source, http://www.mountainz.co.nz/content/article/article.php?artic...
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Note added at 4 days (2010-11-15 08:00:11 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks, Simon |
| Selected response from:
  Barbara Carrara
Italy
Local time: 21:09
| Grading comment Thanks to all of you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer |
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16 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +1 crux pillar / 'cigar'
Explanation:
'Climb: A rare route that can be climbed mixed but with very
poor protection. Work up two steps on thin sheets to the
third step and ‘cogar’ shaped crux pillar. Carefully climb the
skinny ‘stogie’ to a large, mid-height ledge and follow fatter
ice to the trees. The small crux pillar (cigar) is usually thin and
weak with less than desirable gear. There is an old pin found
on the left wall of the second step but serves little use.'
(source, http://www.grizguides.com/downloads/LehighValleyWeb.pdf)
'Easy ramps, goullottes and free-standing "cigars" mean that the climber is never short of variety.'
(source, http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/page.php?id=1691)
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Note added at 16 hrs (2010-11-11 09:01:12 GMT)
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Here's another example, using 'pillar' as part of a 'cigar' formation. HTH,
'Johnny teamed up with Rupert Gardiner for two first ascents. Their first new route was Kapa O Panga (water ice grade WI5, 35m), which is the middle pillar of the distinctive Three Cigars ice formation.'
(source, http://www.mountainz.co.nz/content/article/article.php?artic...
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Note added at 4 days (2010-11-15 08:00:11 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks, Simon
| Barbara Carrara
Italy
Local time: 21:09
Works in field
Native speaker of:  Italian
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