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- Herausgeber: Ebozon Verlag
- Kategorie: Lebensstil
- Sprache: Englisch
Rock climbing is a very healthy and challenging physical activity. In this activity climbers climb up the natural or artificial rocks and try to reach the end point through a pre decided route without falling. There is great variety of rocks in all over the world and to complete all these difficult routes climbing equipments play a significant role. History of rock climbing began in 1880 in the Lake District and Wales in the Great Britain. Walter Parry Haskett Smith was first solo climber in 1880. In 1887 George Winkler began sport of rock climbing. Every country has developed its own style of climbing depending on its geographical and weather conditions. It is not only considered as mountaineering but it is also a well groomed sport. Rock climbing is very good for mind and body and it measures climbers strength, ability, balance and mental control. It builds muscles, boost heart beat and make body flexible. It also burns calories. It also develops the qualities of facing challenges, trust, teamwork and to fight with problems. Some major types of rock climbing are free soloing, free climbing, aid climbing, bouldering and deep water soloing. There are many famous rock climbers in the world like Chris Sharma, Steph Devis, Catherine Destivelle, Dean Potter and Alex Honnold. Some basic climbing equipments are rope, cord and webbing, carabiners, quickdraws, harnesses, belay device, rappel device, ascenders and sling.
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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018
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1st edition September 2018
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Dariusz Kwasny
ROCK
CLIMBING
Ebozon Publishing
Chapter no 1: Introduction to Rock climbing
Rock climbing is a type of competitive sport and a healthy physical activity. In this activity, persons who take part in it, climb up and across the rock. This practice is done on both natural rock structures and also on artificial rock slopes.
In this activity only the mission is to the cross the difficult rock formations and to reach the end point through a pre-decided way without falling.
You should have strong physical and mental abilities for this sport. Participant’s abilities are checked by rock climbing activity. Their strength, way of managing balance, keeping mental control and quick and right decision on the spot are tested by this activity.
Rock climbing is a healthy and energetic activity but without information of proper climbing techniques it can be dangerous.
There is a huge range and variety of rocks structures and shapes in all over the world. So particular climbing equipments are necessary to cross these difficult ups and downs routes of rocks. These also keep you safe and secure.
Strength is not the only required element for climbing but it is maintaining balance, awareness about your body that it can adjust according to the required space and manage it according to the rock.
In the procedure of rocks climbing all body parts involve and play their part in the struggle. Your upper body parts do hard work to push your body upwards and your legs and feet play vital role and use as an instrument for upward movements.
Rock climbing requires full attention on the task. It is only done by concentrating on your goal and keeping a side your fear. Then you can achieve the task.
It is not necessary that only in young age or exactly fit persons can adopt the activity of wall climbing. Age doesn't count for this purpose. There are many people of old age are excellent climbers because of their hardworking nature and constantly in mood.
As you climb up the rock you explore the natural world. Not only has the world which is existed around you but also a world inside you. When discovering the new world around you see many beautiful scene and heart touching places.
Rock climbing does not involve only one person but also it is a team work. So it is also called social sport.
You can reach on the top of a rock only by your ability but if you slip and fall so it is your companions who save your life and help to continue your mission.
Climbing of rocks is as you learn any new thing to do like ride a bike or drive a car. You only need to learn some basic moves. After that only practice of many years make you strong and perfect in these moves.
Rock climbing basically involves bouldering, in which you can do practice on small pieces of rocks. Only on climbing few feet high rock you can understand and estimate the difficulty of hundred feet high rock. In this practice only the plus point is that you can climb and practice without rope so no fear of fall off. You can jump easily on the ground from the rock.
In free climbing you can climb up the rock by using special equipments for moving in upward direction. In this method your arms, hands and other body parts do work for climbing. You can use gear only for safety purpose.
Advance techniques of rock climbing include trade.
Traditional or trade climbing is a type of rock climbing in which a person or a group keep all gear needed to protect from falls and remove it when the route is completed. So these gears are used for protection purposes without damaging the rock. A trad climber always carries rack of climbing gears including cams, nuts and hexes which get fixed into the cracks in the wall. These all instruments are of different shapes. And easily can fix in holes or cracks. As by this method rock can’t be damaged so it is called clean climbing.
