以下介绍一些攀岩名词，你的攀岩方式可能是同时属于好几种。

Free Climbing: Moving up a rock using only hands, feet, and natural holds. Ropes and pro are only used for protection of the climber and not for progression.

自由攀登：只利用手、脚、天然把手点上攀；绳索等人工器材只是用来确保，对上攀无助力。

Aid Climbing: Moving up a rock using fixed or placed protecting as a means of progression (and not just for protection).

人工攀登：在岩壁上用绳子等人工器材攀登，而不是只拿来确保。

Sports Climbing: A term used to describe modern rock climbing on bolt-protected routes. Sport climbing is a low-risk, well-protected rock climbing, usually one pitch and involving minimal gear placement.

运动攀登：不同于早期附属于登山活动的技术攀登，用bolt当固定点，危险性低，通常只有一个绳距，很少需要自己放确保点，追求难度为主要目的。

注：自己放置确保点的攀登方式,有人称为trad climb (traditional climb)

Top Roping: Free climbing a route that has the safety rope attached to the top of the climb (usually one walks to the top to set up the top-rope belay).

上方确保：在已从顶端架好确保绳的岩壁上做平衡攀登（通常可先走到上方架设固定点）。

Leading: To ascend a climb from the bottom up, placing protection (or clipping protection) as you go.

先锋攀登：从最底处开始爬，然后一边放置（挂入）确保支点。

Bouldering: Climbing unroped on boulders or at the foot of climbs to a height where it is still safe to jump off.

抱石：不用绳子确保，在大圆石上或跳下地面还不会受伤的高度（3～5米）攀爬。

Gym Climbing: Climbing in an indoor climbing gym which is designed with the esoteric training needs to the climbers.

室内攀登：通常是进行攀岩训练。

Big Wall Climbing: Rock climb that is so long and sustained that a normal ascent lasts several days.

大岩壁攀登：通常需要在爬好几天。

Soloing: Climbing alone, though not necessarily, without the protection of a rope. You fall  you die.

独攀：自己一个人攀登，没有绳索确保；坠落就死了。