The act of using one's hands, feet, or other body parts to ascend a steep topographical object which can be anything from tiny rocks to the world's tallest mountains, like the Eight Thousands is known as climbing.
Climbing is a common activity for productivity, athletic enjoyment, and movement. It's also used in activities like military operations and rescue that need climbing.
Climbers used new climbing techniques, ever-increasing grades of difficulty, and ever-improving climbing equipment to make the first ascents of new sorts of climbing routes, which led to the evolution of the sport. Books and guides played an important part in the sport's rise to popularity in its natural setting.
History of Climbing
Rock climbing has become more popular as a sport since the 1980s thanks to the development of the safer bolted sport climbing format, the development of artificial climbing walls and climbing gyms, and the growth of competition climbing. Professional rock climbers have also grown up as a result of these developments.
Competition lead climbing, competition bouldering, and competition speed climbing were all added to the Olympic program for the first time during the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Competition ice climbing is still not an Olympic sport.
Types of Climbing
- Rock- Based
Since its beginnings in the late 1800s, rock climbing has grown into several important sub-disciplines. While there are many other ways to climb in single-pitch, multi-pitch, large wall, aid, sport, free solo, and top-roping, bouldering, or boulder climbing, is an alone discipline that is always done in a free solo fashion.
- Mountain-based
Alpine climbing is the climb of lengthy routes with little equipment and no outside help that calls for rock, ice, and mixed climbing skills. Ice climbing: Climbing hard alpine snow or frozen water ice with the help of crampons and ice axes; typically done in mountains. Mixed climbing: Climbing routes with ice climbing kit in areas with both ice and rock.
- Competition-based
Beginning in the 1980s, competition climbing sometimes incorrectly referred to as "sport climbing" is a recognized activity of "competitive rock climbing" that is performed indoors on artificial climbing walls. The International World Climbing Federation (IFSC) is a member of the International World Games Association (IWGA) and is recognized by the IOC and GAISF as the global regulatory organization for competition rock climbing.
International organizations
The recognized global governing body for competition climbing is the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC). It is approved by the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is in charge of managing competitive climbing competitions for lead, bouldering, and speed climbing.
A long-standing organization for climbing and mountaineering gear, the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA) is also in charge of organizing competition ice climbing, establishing rules and regulations for competitions and promoting the growth of the sport.