Rock Climbing: The Basics

Adrenaline pumping through your veins. Sweat beads roll down your forehead. Chalk, sandstone, and blood are apparent on your hands. Tendentious attacks the joints of your fingers and elbows. You walk away physically weaker, but mentally stronger. What you have just tasted is the “rush” experience of my favorite sport, rock climbing. Climbing is something that comes naturally to all of us. We have done it since we were kids playing in the back yard. …

…recently been described as a "sport." Past and pioneer climbers were interested above all in the adventure of climbing or the art and spirituality of it, and did not consider their activity as sport. Would an astronaut consider a mission to the moon sport? Seriously, mountaineering, like space travel, is an adventure of the greatest magnitude. The mountaineer's competition is within himself and against the elements. His objective: to reach the summit and return alive