Rock Climbing 🧗♀️
Sport extreme
Rock climbing is a sport where someone uses their hands and feet to
climb up a rock or an artificial climbing wall. Rock climbing is a very
difficult sport because you need to have a lot of strength. Rock
climbers must know how to use ropes, carabiners and harnesses for their
own safety. There are different methods of rock climbing Because there
are many different kinds of rocks around the world.
Solo climbing- is where the climber's own physical strength and skill are relied on
to do the climb. Anchors, ropes and protection are used to back up the
climber, but are only there in case of a fall and are not actively used
to help the person do the climb.
Bouldering- is climbing on short, low routes. Because people do not climb very
high, they do not need to use safety equipment. Sometimes there are used
special pads to cushion a drop.
Free solo climbing- is when a climber climbs alone, without somebody belaying them. Free
soloing is climbing alone without the use of any rope or protection
system whatsoever.
Lead climbing- is used when the rope is not on top yet. The person must tie the rope
to their harness and then climb up the wall. On the way the climber puts
the rope through a carabiner every few metres. Here the person at the
bottom must use a belay device, and feed rope up to the climber. This is
unlike top roping, where the belayer takes up rope using a belay device.
Top roping- is when the rope is already anchored at the top of the route. Safety
equipment is needed here but many people say this kind is the safest.
The belayer must only keep the rope tight by using a knot or a belay
device, like a Grigri or Atc.