Rock climbing
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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.
A traditional climber lead-climbing a crack-climb in Indian Creek, Utah.
A 'lead climbing pair' with the 'leader' carrying a 'rack' of removable traditional climbing protection gear, and their 'belayer' standing on the ground below
Removable nut
Removable SLCD
Bouldering
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Bouldering is a form of rock climbing that is performed on small rock formations or artificial rock walls without the use of ropes or harnesses. While bouldering can be done without any equipment, mos
Rock climbing
…focused on free climbing where — unlike with aid climbing — no mechanical aids can be used to assist with upward momentum. Free-climbing encompasses bouldering on short 5-metre (16 ft) routes, single-pitch climbing on up to 60–70-metre (200–230 ft) routes, multi-pitch climbing — and big wall climbing — on…
Bouldering in Idyllwild, California
The largest outdoor bouldering gym in North America, The Cliffs at DUMBO, is located in Brooklyn Bridge Park.
An indoor bouldering gym
Climber on the Thimble in Custer State Park in South Dakota during the 1960s