Traditional climbing
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Traditional climbing is a type of free climbing in the sport of rock climbing in which the lead climber places temporary and removable protection while simultaneously ascending the route; when the lea
A traditional climber leading the route, Super Crack 5.9 (5c), in the New River Gorge, West Virginia
Climber leading a traditional climbing route, attempting to insert a nut for their climbing protection.
Removable nut
Removable SLCD
Indian Face
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Indian Face is a 45-metre traditional climbing route on the rhyolite "Great Wall" of the East Buttress of Clogwyn Du'r Arddu, in Wales. When English climber Johnny Dawes completed the first free ascen
Traditional climbing
…these routes as traditional climbs would mean using less protection and required them to accept significant personal risks—Johnny Dawes's 1986 ascent of Indian Face being a notable example. Durning this era, French climbers such as Patrick Edlinger began to pre-drill permanent masonry bolts into the almost "blank…
Crag of Clogwyn Du'r Arddu, Snowdon, Wales