Traditional climber leading a route in Indian Creek, Utah.
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Rock ClimbingA rock climber approaches a roof while leading a multi-pitch, traditional route in Custer State Park, United States.
Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up, across, or down natural rock formations or indoor climbing walls. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a usually pre-defined route without falling. Rock climbing is a physically and mentally demanding sport, one that often tests a climber's strength, endurance, agility and balance along with mental control. Knowledge of proper climbing techniques and the use of specialized climbing equipment is crucial for the safe completion of routes.
Because of the wide range and variety of rock formations around the world, rock climbing has been separated into several different styles and sub-disciplines,[1] such as scrambling, bouldering, sport climbing, and trad (traditional) climbing.
Rock climbing competitions have the objectives of either completing the route in the least amount of attempts, the least amount of time, or attaining the farthest point on an increasingly difficult route. Indoor rock climbing is typically split into three disciplines: bouldering, lead climbing, and top roping.
^The Mountaineers Books (2010). Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills (8th ed.). Swan Hill Press. p. 592. ISBN 978-1594851384. OCLC 688611213.
Rockclimbing is a sport in which participants climb up, across, or down natural rock formations or indoor climbing walls. The goal is to reach the summit...
Glossary of climbing terms relates to rockclimbing (including aid climbing, lead climbing, bouldering, and competition climbing), mountaineering, and...
operations. Climbing is done indoors and outdoors, on natural surfaces (e.g. rockclimbing and ice climbing), and on artificial surfaces (e.g. climbing walls...
hands and feet. Most walls are located indoors, and climbing on such walls is termed indoor climbing. Some walls are brick or wooden constructions, but...
public transport. At the time, people would climb in Fontainebleau primarily to train for mountain climbing. Thus, the 1936 French expedition to the Karakoram...
the history of rockclimbing, the three main sub-disciplines—bouldering, single-pitch climbing, and big wall (and multi-pitch) climbing—can trace their...
wall climbing that features in the Free Solo film–rockclimbs, free soloing is performed in a wide range of climbing types including, ice climbing and...
Free climbing is a form of rockclimbing in which the climber can only use climbing equipment for climbing protection, but not as an aid to help in their...
Traditional climbing (or trad climbing) is a type of free climbing in rockclimbing where the lead climber places the protection equipment while ascending...
In rockclimbing, a first free ascent (FFA) is the first redpoint, onsight or flash of a single-pitch, multi-pitch (or big wall), or boulder climbing route...
Alpine climbing (German: Alpinklettern) is a type of mountaineering that involves using any of a broad range of advanced climbing skills, including rock climbing...
Sport climbing (or bolted climbing) is a type of free climbing in rockclimbing where the lead climber clips into pre-drilled permanent bolts for their...
Mixed climbing has pushed the technical difficulty of ice climbing routes by crossing bare rock overhangs and roofs (using ice tools on bare rock is called...
individual rock formation, rock face or rock group on which climbing is permitted. Designated climbing rocks are listed in climbing guidebooks and are usually...
Competition climbing is a form of regulated rockclimbing competition held indoors on purpose-built artificial climbing walls (earlier versions were held...
Competition climbing made its Olympic debut at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. It is governed by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC)...
Lead climbing (or leading) is a technique in rockclimbing where the lead climber clips their rope to the climbing protection as they ascend a pitch of...
but most avulsions require skin grafts or reconstructive surgery. In rockclimbing, a "flapper" is an injury in which parts of the skin are torn off, resulting...
Vertical Life. Competition climbing is managed by Sport Climbing Australia, and has seen a surge in participation since rockclimbing's inclusion in the Olympics...
controversially consisted of one combined event with three disciplines: lead climbing, speed climbing and bouldering. The medals were determined based on best performance...
petroglyphs, rock inscriptions and ruins in Wadi Rum. Today it is a tourist attraction, offering guided tours, hiking and rockclimbing. The Wadi Rum...
Margalef, in 2008), and for climbing one of the hardest traditional climbing routes in the world (Rhapsody on Dumbarton Rock, graded E11 7a, in 2006). In...
Aid climbing is a form of rockclimbing that uses mechanical devices and equipment, such as aiders (or ladders), for upward momentum. Aid climbing is different...
location for big wall climbing, including the disciplines of aid climbing, free climbing, and more recently for free solo climbing. The formation was named...
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