Introduction to Climbing

SPORT NAME: Climbing
DEFINITION: ascending a mountain, rock face, wall or other climbing feature

Disciplines

Mountaineering

Sport Climbing

More Climbing Disciplines
- Aid Climbing
- Bouldering
- Caving
- Indoor Climbing
- Ice Climbing
- Speed Climbing
- Tree Climbing

References:

nps.gov - subjects - climbing - types of climbing
- Adaptive Climbing (climbers with disabilities)
- Aid Climbing (climbing using equipment aids)
- Alpine Climbing (ascending a rock snow or ice face)
- Artificial Wall Climbing (climbing a consrtucted wall with had and foot grips)
- Big Wall Climbing (climbing a long multi-pitch route, often overnight)
- Bouldering (climbing short routes on low height rock faces)
- Ice Climbing (ascendijg an ice formation)
- Mountain Climbing (climbing to a high point in a mountainous region)
- Rappelling (descending from a high point aided by ropes and other equipment)
- Sport Climbing (single pitch, one rope length, aided by fixed anchors)
- Traditional Climbing (climbers carry their all gear, aided by lead climbers)

- askaboutsports.com - climbing - archive
- climbing,.about.com - 2002 archive |
- wikipedia.org - ? - article
- wikipedia.org - ? - category
- commons.wikimedia.org - ? - images category