Rock Climbing

 

Ciubancan Marcela

Extreme Sports You ca can n clim climb b a moun mounta tain in,, but but also also a rock rock.. Or a wall wall.. Rock Rockcl clim imbi bing ng is with ith Wallclimbing new sport. The new sportThere is calling Sportclimbing. You don't climb to the top, buta about the climbing itsel!. are matches is climbing. The hae !astedtoor the best climber wins. " A Short History:

#n traditional mountain climbing and rock climbing, bolts are sometimes drien into a section o! rock !ace that's di!!icult or impossible to climb because it's bare o! natural hand holds. $uring the %&(s, climbers in )rance began the practice o! placing bolts all the wa* up a di!!icult sur!ace, allowing allowing a climber to scale it more easil* b* clipping lines to the bolts instead o! rel*ing on traditional mountain climbing gear.  + more and more sur!aces sur!aces were bolted, it occurred to someone someone that climbing could become a competitie sport, since climbers could be timed on their ascents oer a gien route. -actl* when and where that happened isn't known. Sportclimbing has been one o! the big international growth sports since %&&(. Otherwise climbing has been one o! ew /ealand's ke* 'adenture' actiities since last centur*. +nd when d 0illar* climbed erest in %&12, it also became a wider source o! national pride. 3ntil recent* climbing's been a !ringe recreation en4o*ed b* a !ortunate !ew. The adent o! indoor climbing walls has changed that. #t's made climbing easil* accessible and gien it a higher pro!ile. The result is that sportclimbing' sportclimbing' 5 climbing under sa!e conditions 5 is e-ploding into a mainstream actiit*. Sport climbing is a er* 'balanced' actiit*. #t mi-es strength with !le-ibilit*, power with grace, mind control with 4o* o! achieement. #t has big appeal to *oung people. #t's not gender or ph*si6ue5speci!ic. +n*bod* can participate at their own leel. Yet there's room at the top end to e-cel. Competitie sport climbing is now usuall* done on a climbing wall built especiall* !or that purpose. There are two t*pes o! competition, speed and di!!icult*. #n the speed eent, two climbers go up the wall side b* side on separate but identical routes and the !irst to touch a bu77er at the top o! the wall is the winner. Competition continues, tournament st*le, until onl* a single winner remains. #n the di!!icult* eent, climbers hae a choice o! paths with ar*ing di!!icult*. + climb is scored on a combination o! the height reached in a gien period o! time and the di!!icult* o! the path chosen. #n the 8 9ames, speed climbing is done on a :(5!oot, ertical wall. The di!!icult* climb climb us uses es a ;(5!o ;(5!oot ot wall wall wi with th a <(5!oo <(5!oott o oer erhan hang. g. =ould =oulderi ering ng is a recent recent o!!sh o!!shoo oot. t. Originall*, climbers worked on boulders to practice a particular moe, and bouldering has now become a discipline in itsel!. +s the name suggests, the sport inoles climbing a single large rock with no ropes or other mechanical aids.

 

#s it here to sta*> #t looks like it. Oerseas, climbing walls, man* in dedicated rock 'g*ms', hae been going !or nearl* <( *ears and attendances are still growing. There is a trend to incorporate climbing walls as part o! other attractions, in amusement parks, and in *oung people's gathering places. Yet another o!!shoot o!!shoot is ice climbing, which began in the earl* %&&(s and became a world championship discipline in <((<. On the international leel, the climbing sports are goerned b* the #nternational Council !or Competition Climbing, an a!!iliate o! The 3nion #nternationale des +ssociations d'+lpinism. 3S+ Climbing is the national goerning bod*. ROCKCLIMBING

Rockclimbing is a !orm o! Sportclimbing. =* this this *ou *ou must must clim climb b stee steep p rock rocks. s. Most Mostl* l* rocks aren't slipper*. slipper*. The* hae lumps and ribs, holes ho les and and crac cracks. ks. Sportc Sportclim limber bers s hae hae calle called d ee* ee* edges edges which which *ou *ou can can hold hold ''gri ''grips' ps''. '. +nd +nd eer* ee r* edges edges which which *ou can stand stand on''step on''steps''. s''. You don't wear mountainshoes but climbshoes. Climbshoes are !le-ible and the* sit er* tight round the !oot. On a number o! rocks are set tens o! di!!erent routes. er* route hae got a number and a name. 0ow higher the number , how more di!!ucult the route. The one that climbed the route at !irst, has made up the name. The hooks that the !irst climber hang up are sta*ing. Other climbers can use them to sae themseles. The hooks ma* not be used as ee* edges and grips. Thats one o! the rules. You hae to be %: to get a climbingcourse. You will get a course in a !amous climbingarea. You learn there how to climb on rocks. You also can do wallclimbing. WALLCLIMBING

Wallclimbing is also a kind o! sportclimbing, at this *ou must climb a wall. #n a sportshall or a wall The there are than outside. ;( cli climb mb#nwalls. wal ls. etherlands There are change cha ngeable ablemore and non5changeable walls. #! *ou hae been climbing !or man* *ears, then is a changeable wall more e-citement. On a changeable wall *ou can made di!!erent routes, routes, !rom eas* till er* di!!erent. di!!erent. On !lat walls are grips and rungs. The people who climb are wearing wearing climbshoe climbshoes. s. +t a climbw climbwall all *ou are allowed to climb under counselling. 0ow old *ou most be, is per climbwall di!!erent.

 

TRAINING 

To achiee achiee holds holds in that *ou alwa*s alwa*s push push back *our *our limits. limits. #! *ou 4ust begin with climbing *ou eas* push back *our limits.When *ou get get in a highe igherr le leel this this gets ets more more di!!ucu di!!ucult. lt. On a sertant sertant moment *ou achiee achiee now progress an* more. Training is more than onl* be sportie in a climbinghall ore on the rocks. rock s. Taining Taining is purpose purpose!ul !ul and s*stema s*stematic tic adapting *our bod* to a sportachieement. This achieement can l* on the area o!? @ strength @ sta*ing power @ litheness @ speed @ coArdination These are !ie points. The* determine *our !orm. INJURIES 

Though there were less scienti!ic search to the in4uries b* sportclimbing, make the results o! some in6uiries clear that? @ +s the climber reaches a higher leel and climb higher routes, the* are !aster in4ured @ +s the climber reaches a higher leel he does less at his basic condition. @ What the reason is that the in4uries rise when the climber get to a higher grade is not sure. That no training o! the basic condition promote in4uries is look er* clear. Certain o! musclegroups get most neglect and are more ulnerable. + second case o! a bad basic condition are that the !ingers get less support !rom the bod*5 and upperarm muscles at the e-treme load. The increase o! in4uries has to do with the load o! di!!icult routes. Though climbing is a basic !orm o! moing, the human isn't build !or bending on a !ew !ingers. @ The most in4uries are !ound on !ingers and underarms, but the most are at the middle5 and ring !inger. @ +lso are in4uries !ound at the elbow and on shoulders, *ou can think on ignore o! the basic condition o! a higher nieau or oerload. @ =ecause o! !alling? knees and ankle. Important: When in4uries get treat !aster the recoer* will be !aster. This is me