The Climbers Life 🧗🏻‍♀️

Why do you climb?

“Climbing here saved my life from the confines of materialistic illusion that we’re taught as children in school. The way I see it, there are two worlds: there’s the world where nothing is sacred except money, and the other world where everything is sacred.” – Ron Kauk

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Climbing fun-facts

1. Rock climbing first became a sport in England in the late 1880s. Its popularity grew after adventurer William Perry Haskitt Smith made the first successful climb of the Naples Needle. Following his successful climb, others decided to attempt the climb.
2. Despite Mt. Everest being one of the most difficult mountains to climb in the world, it has been climbed time and time again. The current world record holder for fastest climb is Pemba Dorje Sherpa with a time of 8 hours and 10 minutes!
3. Rock climbing can burn between 500 to 900 calories per hour making it a great sport for keeping in shape! Many famous rock climbers have learned their skills on indoor climbing walls. Climbing indoors is a lot of fun and can teach you valuable skills and allow budding climbers to develop their techniques before tackling outdoor climbing.
4. With indoor climbing you get the best possible workout – both mental and physical. You’ll learn mental control along with improved climbing skills. As an exercise you get benefits from both endurance and strength training. Climbing exercise engages and works all muscle groups simultaneously, while improving balance and coordination.
5. The first artificial climbing wall is believed to be Schurman Rock in Seattle, which was built in 1939. Sport climbing has been recommended for inclusion at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
6. Last year sport climbing was chosen by the IOC as a demonstration sport at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China. Climbing walls are now present in more than 140 countries around the world with more than 35 million climbers practising the sport! 40% of all climbers are under 20 years old!