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Rock climbing

Rock climbing is a climbing sports discipline that involves ascending routes consisting of natural rock in an outdoor environment, or on artificial resin climbing walls in a mostly indoor environment. Routes are documented in guidebooks, and on online databases, detailing how to climb the route (called the beta), and who made the first ascent (or FA) and…

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Description

Types of routes

Types of rock climbing

Competition climbing

Equipment

Techniques

Grading

History and development

Ethics

Health

Governance and organization

In film

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Rock climbing

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Rock climbing

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related to Origins and rise of free climbing · 32
Rock climbing → Alps, As, Bernd Arnold, Big, Bouldering, Britain, Dolomites, Emilio Comici, Europe, Fontainebleau, France, Germany, In, John Bachar, John Gill, Kurt Albert, Lake District, Mechanical, Patrick Berhault, Paul Preuss
related to Natural outdoor · 31
Rock climbing → Burden, Climbers, Climbing, Céüse, Dinorwic, Dreams, El Capitan, El Capitan Girdle Traverse, Eternal Flame, Fair Head, Famous, Fontainebleau, However, Hueco Tanks, Indian Creek, Joshua Tree, Magic Wood, Malham Cove, Mount Arapiles, Rock
related to Further reading · 27
Rock climbing → Advanced Rock Climbing, August, Bob, December, Donahue, Expert Skills, Falcon Guides, Fitch, From Toproping, Funderburke, Gaines, Hills, How, ISBN, John, July, Long, Mountaineering, Nate, Quiller Publishing
related to Depending on length · 22
Rock climbing → Action Directe, Alps, Bouldering, Dreamtime, Great, Highball, Hubble, Important, In, Jumbo Love, Livin' Large, Midnight Lightning, Multi-pitch, Realization, Silence, Single-pitch, The, The Nose, The Process, These
related to Governance and organization · 21
Rock climbing → Alpinisme, American Alpine Club, Associations, British Mountaineering Council, Competition Climbing, GB Climbing, Government, ICCC, IFSC, In, International Council, International Federation, Many, Olympic, Rock, Sport Climbing, State, The, The Union Internationale, UIAA
related to Big wall climbing · 19
Rock climbing → Alex Honnold's, Amazon Prime, C2, Canadian, El Capitan, Free Solo, Freerider, Kevin Jorgeson's, Marc-André Leclerc, Netflix, Patagonia, The Alpinist, The Dawn Wall, The Nose, Tommy Caldwell, Torre Egger, Valley Uprising, VI, Yosemite
related to Grading · 16
Rock climbing → Above, American, Climbing, Europe, For, French, Germany, IX, Silence, The, The UIAA, UIAA, VII, VIII, While, XII
related to Women in rock climbing · 14
Rock climbing → Angela Eiter, Ashima Shiraishi, Beth Rodden, By, Catherine Destivelle, El Capitan, Female, Hill, In, Janja Garnbret, Josune Bereziartu, Lynn Hill, Meltdown, The Nose
related to Use of aid for progression ("fair means") · 13
Rock climbing → Austrian, Der Bergsteiger, German, German Alpine Journal, In, Mauerhakenstreit, One, Paul Preuss, Rudolf Fehrmann, Saxon Switzerland, Sächsischen Schweiz, The, The Climber
related to Smearing and palming · 9
Rock climbing → Dawes, Indian Face, Johnny Dawes, One, Smearing, The, The Quarryman, Welch, While

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climbing rock routes bouldering route free climbers climber protection sport rope wall aid lead competition called use big also techniques

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Rock climbingis ause of climbing chalk for grip and medical tape for skin wear0.90text
Free Soloinstance ofand with the popularity of films0.80text
The Dawn Wallinstance ofand with the popularity of films0.80text
Burden of Dreamsinstance ofroutes0.80text
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volume holdsinstance ofArtificial walls include novel features0.80text
sloper holdsinstance ofArtificial walls include novel features0.80text
which indoor route setters use to challenge climbers in very specificinstance ofArtificial walls include novel features0.80text
unusual waysinstance ofArtificial walls include novel features0.80text
theCrag.cominstance ofwhich are collated in climbing guidebooks and more latterly on large online rock climbing databases0.80text

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