Free climbing
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Free climbing is a form of rock climbing in which the climber can use rock-climbing equipment for their protection, but not as an artificial aid to help them in ascending a climbing route. Free climbi
Climber free climbing Sugar Cane Country (E4 6a, in the Hebrides) in traditional climbing style (i.e., with climbing protection equipment).
Leading a sport climb
Leading a traditional climb
Free solo climbing
Redpoint (climbing)
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In rock climbing, a redpoint is a successful free-climb of a climbing route that is performed by a lead climber. The lead climber can use rock-climbing equipment only for their protection, and not as
Free climbing
…holds were allowed, and those "rules for free climbing" are in still use today. In 1975, German climber Kurt Albert painted his first "Rotpunkt" (or redpoint) on the base of the aid climb Adolf Rott Ged.-Weg (V+/A1), in the Frankenjura, signifying he had "free climbed" it as a redpoint (i.e., after many…
Kurt Albert climbing at the "Streitberger Schild" near Streitberg, Frankenjura, Germany, the place where he made the first Rotpunkt in 1975.