It seems that no matter how much climbing we do it always seems there’s more climbing to do to get to the top. Today times are much harder then it was 20 or 30 years ago. Things were much cheaper, the towns were much safer and the kids were just kids. Now things are not [...]
Climbing is perhaps one of the best recreational activities that you can do for leisure and at the same time have the thrill that you always longed for. Therefore, it should not come as a surprise, when someone says that wall climbing has been recognized as an international and extreme sport. Climbing is an activity [...]
Rock climbing usually indicates climbing steep rock formations. A climber may or may not choose to use gear and safety equipment used in rock climbing. However, certain crucial gear and equipment is essential and generally used. Rock climbing requires great amount of physical strength, mental control and endurance, along with the knowledge of climbing techniques. [...]
It is fair to say that climbing gear and equipment has come a long way since Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay found themselves at the top of the world, on the summit of Mount Everest in May of1953. One wonders how they did it really, with the primitive equipment that was then available [...]