Rock Climbing Basics With Few Pointers

Written by Admin on August 10, 2008 – 2:37 pm -

A free article on Outdoors By: Jeffrey Fang Rock climbing is a very popular sport. It is challenging and requires stamina and experience. Rock climbers work in pairs, one climbing and one belaying. The belayer feeds to the rope to the climber through a belay device, which the climber ascends the rock. Sometimes rock climbers use bolted hangers or some kind of protection on their way up the rock. Belayers lock off the rope to make sure the climber doesn’t fall. The lead climber will either place his clips or protection devices into a permanent position. These are already attached to the rock in sport climbing. The protection is detachable in traditional climbing. Spring-loading camming devices or nuts are placed in the cracks in the rock.... more

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