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Common Misconceptions About Trad Climbing

Just like any style of climbing, traditional climbing carries it's own set of steriotypes. Some of these include that trad is mostly done...

Every one knows that one should use protection while climbing (i.e. a rope, harness, and some way to connect yourself to the rock to...

It would appear that sport climbing, gyms, and top roping are slowly becoming causes of climber injury and death. All of these are...

I found this forum on Reddit.com and thought I would take a moment to highlight the positive aspects of Traditional Climbing. The author...

Top Roping is an extremely popular style of climbing used in most climbing gyms. It is a very safe style of climbing that allows for only...

In this video a climber cannot go any further. Instead of resting or climbing down to his last protection point he just jumps off...

In addition to bolts failing there are other issues that traditional climbers and people in general take with bolts. One issue that...

Bouldering is a style of climbing that is different from what most people would consider climbing. In bouldering a climber does not use...

http://www.climbing.com/climber/built-to-last/ I found this online and thought I should share it with all you would be Sport...

Traditional climbing foregoes the use of permanent climbing protection. Permanent climbing protection includes the use of bolts and...