By: Len Q.
You’ve decided to become a rock climber. Yet all you know is what you’ve seen on television or in movies. That doesn’t matter. You’ve decided and that’s that. Let’s pretend that you come from a land where there are no large rock formations whatever. Here are some basic tips and suggestions to help [...]
By: Arturo
For a rock climber, his life depends upon his climbing gear, but especially his rock climbing rope. Todays manufacturers of rock climbing rope produce ropes that are a long way from the ropes of yesterday.
It used to be that 150-feet of rock climbing rope was sufficient, then it was 50 meters. Now some sport-climbing [...]
Yosemite is much bigger than a valley with 3000 ft rock walls and incredible climbing. It is an opening for the energies of the world’s most passionate and adventurous people.
A very exhilarating sport indeed, sport climbing or sport rock climbing is more or less a rock climbing race to see who first can reach up the rock. But wait, is not rock climbing a very dangerous activity, they could fall if not careful, much less to be racing. Well…
Understanding the basic principles rock climbing is one of the good rock climbing techniques. To improve climbing performance one way is to learn and practice good climbing technique. These are the techniques of good rock climbing.
Tired of hearing to just go rock climbing and you’ll become a better rock climber? Read as we debunk the myths about rock climbing training.
Free climbing as a sport has become extremely popular with over hundreds of people following the sport in the United States alone. Free climbing, also known as Rock climbing involves climbing up rocks by making use of particular equipment for safety.
A hobby is a favorite leisure pursuit one wishes to venture over and over again. May be it is for the thrill or the adventure; hobbies like rock climbing are followed by many.
Rock climbing is the act of climbing vertical rock structures. You can sort out rock climbing into two wide groups namely free climbing and aid climbing.
In the shortest answer, it means "going vertical." But that can include sport climbing in a gym, bouldering without ropes (either at the gym or outside) close to the ground with spotters or crash pads in case you fall, cragging at local outcrops that require use of climbing ropes but no hikes to get to the rock, and alpine climbing, where you travel on foot quite a distance to get to your destination.
