screamer

Noun. In climbing, a free-fall (usually >50 feet) lasting long enough for you to empty your lungs and refill them for a second scream.

Did you hear about Scott's ride yesterday? He took a screamer on El Cap.

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diamond joe

Cowboy useage: rum, heard in old cowboys songs from time to time.

order a diamond joe, joe.

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mountain junk

Noun. The potent, and usually putrid, crotch odor that develops after about four days of sustained, strenuous activity without benefit of a bath; the malodorous mixture of testicle and ass sweat. Often associated with multi-day backpacking, biking or climbing trips.

I didn't realize I had mountain junk until I changed my underwear this morning.

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belly aching

V. to complain, to "pitch a fit". Mainly only used in the gerund.
*"I don't belly ache" instead-
"I ain't belly aching"
Coloquial term used in the southern rural areas of the US, (possibly other areas?)

"Quit che belly achin' an' complainin', bauw!"
"I ain't doin' it mama."

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