Why Do People Go Rock Climbing & What Are the Benefits?
Submitted by The Rock on Fri, 08/01/2008 - 17:10Many people from many different walks of life are getting excited about Rock Climbing. Climbing Techniques have already been improved and new pieces of Rock Climbing Gear and Equipment are in constant development as the sport gains popularity. If you think about how physically demanding and dangerous this sport can be, you may ask yourself why it is becoming so popular. Well, let me try to explain: Read more
A Quick Look At Rock Climbing
Submitted by The Rock on Sun, 08/03/2008 - 10:45Rock climbing is a sport, which involves climbing steep rocks. This sport originated in the nineteenth century in Saxony, Lake District of England. After Walter Parry Haskett Smith climbed Napes Needle alone for the first time, many people were attracted and it later converted to sports in England, in 1880s and by 1930s some two hundred climbing resorts opened in the Elbsandstein region. As the sport evolved grading system was introduced to analyze different levels of difficulties while climbing. Both the safety equipments and climbing techniques have been evolved with the passage of time. Read more
