Meaning of portaledge | Babel Free

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A portable tent system used by rock climbers to sleep in during a climb lasting multiple days.

Examples

“A ferocious storm kept the two men trapped on a portaledge—an artificial tent platform hung from pitons over the vertical void—for seven days and nights.”

“[Warren] Harding, renowned for being tough and hard headed, had climbed the route in the days before portaledges, hanging every night in cramped and claustrophobic hammocks called 'Bat tents' which would fill⟳ with water when it rained.”

“Have⟳ you ever been shy to go to the bathroom when you're on a date⟳ at someone else's house? Well, when you're living on a portaledge, there's no room for such modesty.”

“It's your little pod, and on El Capitan specifically, you end⟳ up spending a tremendous amount of time in these portaledges, it becomes your home. It's where you cook⟳. It's where you sleep⟳. It's where you eat⟳. It's where you go to the bathroom. Anytime you're not climbing, you're in these portaledges.”

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