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Climbing is the activity of using one's hands, feet, or any other part of the body to ascend a steep topographical object. It is done for locomotion, recreation and competition, and within trades that rely on ascension; such as emergency rescue and military operations. It is done indoors and out, on natural and man-made structures. Read more...
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This glossary of climbing terms is a list of definitions of terms and jargon related to rock climbing and mountaineering. The specific terms used can vary considerably between different English-speaking countries; many of the phrases described here are particular to the United States and the United Kingdom. Read more...
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Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up, down or across natural rock formations or artificial rock 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 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, such as scrambling, another activity involving the scaling of hills and similar formations, differentiated by rock climbing's sustained use of hands to support the climber's weight as well as to provide balance.
Professional rock climbing competitions have the objectives of either completing the route in the quickest possible time or attaining the farthest point on an increasingly difficult route.
Climbing sport disciplines
When lead climbing, the lead climber wears a harness tied to one end of a rope. The leader's partner provides the belay, paying out rope as needed, usually with the aid of a belay device, to catch the leader in the event of a fall. The lead climber ascends the route, periodically placing protection for safety in the event of a fall.
Bouldering is a form of rock climbing that is performed on small rock formations or artificial rock walls, known as boulders, without the use of ropes or harnesses.
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Speed climbing is a climbing discipline in which speed is the ultimate goal. Speed Climbing is done on rocks, walls and poles
Ice climbing is the activity of ascending inclined ice formations. Usually, ice climbing refers to roped and protected climbing of features such as icefalls, frozen waterfalls, and cliffs and rock slabs covered with ice refrozen from flows of water.
- International Competitions: Sport climbing at the 2020 Summer Olympics • IFSC Climbing World Championships • IFSC Climbing World Cup • Sport climbing at the World Games • IFSC Climbing European Championships • IFSC Climbing Asian Cup • Rock Master
- Organizations: International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) • International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA) • USA Climbing • German Alpine Club (DAV) • British Mountaineering Council (BMC)
- Disciplines: Lead • Bouldering • Speed • Ice • Deep Water Solo
Mountaineering is the set of activities that involves ascending mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas. Indoor climbing, sport climbing and bouldering are also considered mountaineering by some.
Unlike most sports, mountaineering lacks widely-applied formal rules, regulations, and governance; mountaineers adhere to a large variety of techniques and philosophies when climbing mountains. Numerous local alpine clubs support mountaineers by hosting resources and social activities. A federation of alpine clubs, the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA), is the International Olympic Committee-recognized world organization for mountaineering and climbing.
Selected Mountaineering Topics
- Mountaineering: Alpine style • Expedition style • Alpine Clubs • Boots • Crampons • Ice axes • Mountain huts • Mountain rescue • Ropes • Rucksacks • Effects of high altitude on humans
- History: Golden age of alpinism • Silver age of alpinism • Timeline of climbing Mount Everest • Exploration of the High Alps
- Alpine clubs: Alpine Club (UK) • German Alpine Club (DAV) • Austrian Alpine Club • Swiss Alpine Club • Club Alpino Italiano (CAI) • American Alpine Club • Japanese Alpine Club
- Pioneers: Christian Almer • Melchior Anderegg • Hermann von Barth • Walter Bonatti • Meta Brevoort • William Martin Conway • Angelo Dibona • Hans Dülfer • Paul Grohmann • Adolphus Warburton Moore • Paul Preuss • Ludwig Purtscheller • Schlagintweit brothers • Leslie Stephen • Gottlieb Samuel Studer • Tenzig Norgay • Herbert Tichy • Lucy Walker • Edward Whymper • Georg Winkler • Matthias Zurbriggen
- High-altitude mountaineers: Chris Bonington • Hermann Buhl • Kurt Diemberger • Ralf Dujmovits • Günther Dyhrenfurth • Maurice Herzog • Sir Edmund Hillary • Sandy Irvine • Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner • George Mallory • Nives Meroi • Reinhold Messner • Simone Moro • Oh Eun-sun • Edurne Pasaban • Wanda Rutkiewicz • Lionel Terray • Um Hong-Gil • Stephen Venables • Ed Viesturs • Other mountaineers
- Publicists: Karl Blodig • W. A. B. Coolidge • David Breashears • Jon Krakauer • Gaston Rébuffat
Climbing sit harness
Totem cams black through orange
Left and right hand ascenders
An SLCD placed in a crack.
A wooden hangboard designed for increasing contact strength in rock climbers
Petzl Cordex gloves
Petzl chalkbag with brush
Climbing slings
Two quickdraws. The upper has a solid bent gate for the rope and the lower a wire gate for it.
Rescue eight
Climber with helmet, harness, rope, spring-loaded cams, nuts, a tricam, and quickdraws
Selection of carabiners
A daisy chain
Belay devices
A figure eight descender
A Petzl Siroco climbing helmet designed for caving and mountaineering
Dynamic climbing rope
Black Diamond hexcentrics
Climbing stoppers and offset stoppers with nut key
- Hands: Chalk • Athletic taping
- Feet: Climbing shoe • Approach shoe • Mountaineering boot • Crampons • Ice cleat
- Rope: Dynamic rope • Static rope • Kernmantle rope
- Rope control: Belay device • Figure 8 • Self-locking device • Ascender • Sling
- Harness: Climbing harness
- Connectors: Carabiner • Quickdraw • Maillon
- Protection devices: Hex • Nut • Spring-loaded camming device • Tricam • Piton
- Permanent anchors: Anchor • Bolt
- Training: Campus board • Climbing hold • Climbing wall
- Ice: Ice tool • Ice axe • Ice screw
- Miscellaneous: Helmet • Bouldering mat • Webbing • Portaledge • Rock climbing hammer • Copperhead
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Sandrine Levet (born July 22, 1982) is a French professional rock climber, specialising in bouldering and lead climbing.
She won five Bouldering World Cups (2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005) and one Bouldering World Championship (2003). Moreover, she was three times second in the Lead Climbing World Cup (2000, 2001, 2004). Read more...
Notable Climbers
- Competition climbers: Jakob Schubert • Janja Garnbret • Tomoa Narasaki • Jain Kim • Sean McColl • Akiyo Noguchi • Adam Ondra • Mina Markovic • Sean McColl • Akiyo Noguchi • Jakob Schubert • David Lama • Angela Eiter • Sandrine Levet • Tomáš Mrázek • Liv Sansoz • Kilian Fischhuber • Alexandre Chabot • François Petit
- 9b (5.15b) climbers: Fred Rouhling • Chris Sharma • Magnus Midtbø (climber) • Ramón Julián Puigblanque • Adam Ondra • Jakob Schubert • Alex Megos • Sachi Amma •Jan Hojer • Stefano Ghisolfi • Ethan Pringle • Daniel Woods • Angela Eiter • Steve McClure
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Tree climbing is a recreational or functional activity consisting of ascending and moving around in the crown of trees.
A rope, helmet, and harness can be used to ensure the safety of the climber. Other equipment can also be used depending on the experience and skill of the tree climber. Some tree climbers take special hammocks called "Treeboats" and Portaledges with them into the tree canopies where they can enjoy a picnic or nap, or spend the night.
Some tree-climbers employ a mixture of techniques and gear derived from rock climbing and caving. These techniques are also used to climb trees for other purposes: tree care (arborists), animal rescue, research, and activism.
Canyoning (canyoneering in the United States, kloofing in South Africa) is travelling in canyons using a variety of techniques that may include other outdoor activities such as walking, scrambling, climbing, jumping, abseiling (rappelling), and swimming.
Although non-technical descents such as hiking down a canyon (canyon hiking) are often referred to as canyoneering, the terms canyoning and canyoneering are more often associated with technical descents — those that require abseils (rappels) and ropework, technical climbing or down-climbing, technical jumps, and/or technical swims.
Canyoning is frequently done in remote and rugged settings and often requires navigational, route-finding, and other wilderness travel skills.
Caving – also known as spelunking in the United States and Canada and potholing in the United Kingdom and Ireland – is the recreational pastime of exploring wild cave systems (as distinguished from show caves). In contrast, speleology is the scientific study of caves and the cave environment.
The challenges involved in caving vary according to the cave being visited; in addition to the total absence of light beyond the entrance, negotiating pitches, squeezes, and water hazards can be difficult. Cave diving is a distinct, and more hazardous, sub-speciality undertaken by a small minority of technically proficient cavers. In an area of overlap between recreational pursuit and scientific study, the most devoted and serious-minded cavers become accomplished at the surveying and mapping of caves and the formal publication of their efforts. These are usually published freely and publicly, especially in the UK and other European countries, although in the US, these are generally private.
Sometimes categorized as an "extreme sport", it is not commonly considered as such by longtime enthusiasts, who may dislike the term for its connotation of disregard for safety.
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