| A rock climbing wall is used by climbers who want to | | | | recently have also been used as rock climbing walls. |
| enjoy this sport without going far. This is done on a | | | | Sometimes these walls have provisions wherein the |
| wall that is constructed and as grips for foot and | | | | belay ropes can be attached. Apart from ensuring |
| hands to hold. | | | | safety, this rope is also used for practicing Bouldering |
| Materials used for constructing these walls include | | | | or climbing. |
| bricks, wood and multiplex boards that are thick and | | | | The idea of the rock climbing wall began in the United |
| have holes, which are drilled into it. Drilling holes | | | | Kingdom. Don Robinson, a lecturer in Physical |
| makes it convenient for climbers to pass ropes | | | | Education and founder of DR Climbing Walls, built the |
| through them for securing. | | | | first wall in 1964 at Leeds University by inserting |
| Steel and aluminum walls that were manufactured | | | | pieces of rock into a corridor wall. |