redpoint

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verb

To free-climb (a route), while lead climbing, after having practiced the route beforehand.

OriginGerman Rotpunkt →
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Meanings

verbredpoint (third-person singular simple present redpoints, present participle redpointing, simple past and past participle redpointed)

present singular third person redpoints · participle present redpointing · participle past redpointed · past redpointed

  1. transitiveclimbingTo free-climb (a route), while lead climbing, after having practiced the route beforehand.

Origin

  1. GermanRotpunkt
  2. Englishredpoint

From red + point, as a calque of German Rotpunkt, coined by Kurt Albert in the mid-1970s at Frankenjura. He would paint a red X on a fixed pin that he could avoid using for a foothold or handhold.

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Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

“redpoint.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redpoint. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “redpoint,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redpoint.

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