rurp Mountaineering.
(rɜːp)
[f. initial letters of realized ultimate reality piton.]
A type of very small piton.
| 1968 P. Crew Encycl. Dict. Mountaineering 104/2 Rurp,..a very small American chrome-molybdenum piton, designed for use in hair-line cracks. 1972 D. Haston In High Places ix. 104 A rurp—the smallest piton, about the size of a postage stamp. 1976 Times 13 Nov. 12/6 A curious armoury of pegs, rurps, sky hooks, bolts, and bongs now form the armoury of the modern [rock] climber. |