CLIMBING

Climbing is a type of sport in which you use whole body. Hands for hanging on, legs for pushing your self up and belly if you climb vertically. I chose to present you information about climbing because I am a climber myself.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Climbing walls• Big walls, buldering walls• Climbing on rocks• Types of rocks for climbing• Serious climbing on big mountains• Climbing equipment• Famous climbers

CLIMBING WALLS

Climbing walls:• Are made of hard and strong wood• Have holes in them for grabs to be

bolted• Can be horizontal and / or diagonalGrabs are:• of multiple sizes according to use• made of urethane

BIG WALLS BOULDERING WALLS

are:• about 15m tall• Used for training for

longer climbsPeople secure they ropes to prepared quickdraws or they already have prepared rope secured to the wall. They are secured by their companion

are:• about 3-4m tall• Used for training

climbing tacticsThere is big cca 20cm thick mat on bouldering wall

CLIMBING ON ROCKS

• Climbing on rocks is more dangerous than on walls because you are secured only from bottom and you must secure your rope to the rock

• It is more exciting because you are in nature and rocks can be higher than walls

• You can also do bouldering on rocks, there are portable bouldering mats for this purpose

TYPES OF ROCKS FOR CLIMBING

• Limestone- has least friction but most grabs, - can be found in Ireland, France, England, Canada, ...

• Sandstone- very big friction but less grabs, -made of sand, -it was once the sea botom, -can be found in UK, Czech Republic, ...

• Granite- more friction and less grabs than limestone but less friction and more grabs than sandstone

-can be found in Canada, United States of America, Russia, China, Japan, Green land, ...

MOUNTAIN CLIMBING - MOUNTAINEERING• It is harder than on wall or rocks

because mountains are higher• Mountain climbing is combination of

rock climbing, ice climbing and walking

CLIMBING EQUIPMENT

• rope- security• Climbing shoes- better leg friction, easier climbing• Mat- bouldering• Magnesium- better hand friction• Brush- cleaning grabs• Eight Descender- for getting down of a rock• Carrabin- for HMS knot (security), securing to rope (on walls)• Quickdraws - for securing the rope• Seat- for sitting while going on or down of a rock, wall • “Istítko“ – securing climbing companion• Clinch- they are nailed to a rock, used to hold quickdraws• Anchors- as clinch plus glued• Ice axes- for holding on ice• Crampons- for walking on ice

FAMOUS CLIMBERS

• Wanda Rutkiewicz 1943–1992 -first woman to climb the mountain K2- 1986

• Edmund Hillary 1919–2008 -first to climb Mount Everest- 1953

• Tenzing Norgay 1914–1986 - second to climb Mount Everest with Hillary

• Junko Tabey 1939- first woman to climb Mount Everest- 1975

• Reinhold Messner 1944- first solo ascent to Mount Everest, without supplemental oxygen

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