| My friends and I went rock climbing during the | | | | 16th century. Previously, mountain climbers did not |
| summer and it was the highlight of the entire | | | | use a rope and this became a regular practice in |
| summer for me. At the start, I thought to myself, | | | | climbing only in the middle of the 17th century. At |
| what's the big deal about climbing a bunch of rocks. I | | | | that time, mountain climbers usually employed |
| never realized that it could turn out to be such a | | | | professional guides to help them in their journey. The |
| satisfying experience. | | | | role at the time was that the leader (the guy who |
| My friends say that there are several kinds of | | | | climbs up the rope first) must not fall. The practice of |
| climbing ranging from recreational climbing to | | | | threading ropes through iron safety rings embedded |
| adventurous and sport climbing. All of them involve | | | | into the rock began in the early 1900s. |
| the use of one's hands and feet to move up a steep | | | | There are several types of climbing. These include |
| object. I suppose rock climbing started from the | | | | Traditional climbing (or "Trad climbing" which uses |
| pursuit of mountaineering since they both involve | | | | removable and fixed protection); Sport climbing |
| climbing up a steep rocky surface wit the use of | | | | (involves the use of pre-placed bolts for protection); |
| ropes and other climbing equipment and protective | | | | Bouldering (climbing small rocks without a rope); Aid |
| gear. | | | | climbing (using equipment to climb instead of hands |
| After reading up on the topic, I discovered that | | | | and feet); Ice climbing (traditional climbing on |
| there are two basic types of rock climbing. These | | | | ice-covered slopes or frozen waterfalls), Top rope |
| are free climbing, which involves the use of ropes | | | | climbing (having a safety line that is always above |
| and other gear strictly for safety purposes in case | | | | the climber); Indoor climbing (involves bouldering, top |
| you fall, and aid climbing, which involves using | | | | roping, and lead climbing); Alpine climbing (involves |
| equipment to create a passage on a piece of rock in | | | | rock and ice climbing as a part of mountaineering); |
| order to be able to move forward. | | | | Free solo climbing (solitary climbing on exposed rock |
| History tells us that man has been climbing up | | | | without protective gear) and Roped solo climbing |
| mountains strictly for recreational purposes since the | | | | (solitary climbing using ropes). |