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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''travers'', from Anglo-French travers (as in ''a travers'', ''de travers'' across), from [[Latin]] ''transversum'' (as in in ''transversum'' set crosswise), neuter of ''transversus'' lying across
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: something that crosses or lies across
*2: [[obstacle]], [[adversity]]
*3: a formal [[denial]] of a matter of [[fact]] alleged by the opposing party in a [[legal]] pleading
*4a : a compartment or recess formed by a partition, curtain, or screen
:b : a gallery or loft providing [[access]] from one side to another in a large building
*5: a route or way across or over: as
:a : a zigzag course of a sailing ship with contrary [[winds]]
:b : a curving or zigzag way up a steep grade
:c : the course followed in traversing
*6: the [[act]] or an instance of traversing : crossing
*7: a protective projecting wall or bank of [[earth]] in a trench
*8a : a lateral movement (as of the saddle of a lathe carriage); also : a device for imparting such movement
:b : the lateral movement of a gun about a pivot or on a carriage to change [[direction]] of fire
*9: a [[line]] surveyed across a plot of ground
==Description==
A '''traverse''' is a lateral move or route when [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climbing climbing]; going mainly sideways rather than up or down. Traversing a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climbing_wall climbing wall] is a good warm-up [[exercise]].
When moving laterally, the technique of ''crossing through'' is more [[efficient]] than shuffling. In this, the limbs are crossed so that the moves are longer and more fluid. The longer extension requires [[coordination]] between the hands and the feet to avoid over-extension of the upper or lower part of the [[body]].
If two climbers are roped together for [[protection]], the [[leader]] should secure the rope both before and after a [[difficult]] move when traversing. This enables the following climber to remove the anchorage before making the difficult move while still having good [[security]] from the anchor point which was placed after the move.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traverse_%28climbing%29]
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''travers'', from Anglo-French travers (as in ''a travers'', ''de travers'' across), from [[Latin]] ''transversum'' (as in in ''transversum'' set crosswise), neuter of ''transversus'' lying across
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: something that crosses or lies across
*2: [[obstacle]], [[adversity]]
*3: a formal [[denial]] of a matter of [[fact]] alleged by the opposing party in a [[legal]] pleading
*4a : a compartment or recess formed by a partition, curtain, or screen
:b : a gallery or loft providing [[access]] from one side to another in a large building
*5: a route or way across or over: as
:a : a zigzag course of a sailing ship with contrary [[winds]]
:b : a curving or zigzag way up a steep grade
:c : the course followed in traversing
*6: the [[act]] or an instance of traversing : crossing
*7: a protective projecting wall or bank of [[earth]] in a trench
*8a : a lateral movement (as of the saddle of a lathe carriage); also : a device for imparting such movement
:b : the lateral movement of a gun about a pivot or on a carriage to change [[direction]] of fire
*9: a [[line]] surveyed across a plot of ground
==Description==
A '''traverse''' is a lateral move or route when [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climbing climbing]; going mainly sideways rather than up or down. Traversing a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climbing_wall climbing wall] is a good warm-up [[exercise]].
When moving laterally, the technique of ''crossing through'' is more [[efficient]] than shuffling. In this, the limbs are crossed so that the moves are longer and more fluid. The longer extension requires [[coordination]] between the hands and the feet to avoid over-extension of the upper or lower part of the [[body]].
If two climbers are roped together for [[protection]], the [[leader]] should secure the rope both before and after a [[difficult]] move when traversing. This enables the following climber to remove the anchorage before making the difficult move while still having good [[security]] from the anchor point which was placed after the move.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traverse_%28climbing%29]
[[Category: General Reference]]
