What is climbing or rappelling ?
This extreme sport involves descending very high natural or artificial walls, long slope , using for this purpose only of physical force and special equipment.
Several types of climbing deriving the place and the team. For example the place this rock climbing , which in turn can be promoted inside when cracked, outside or both.
Also this ice climbing , rock and ice or artificial parades such as the gyms .
Note that according to the media type of climbing equipment and technique is defined.
This extreme sport can be practiced by anyone unless you are subject to the heights.
On the other hand rappelling or climbing brings great benefits to both physical and mental health, because on one hand it requires enough physical preparation to facilitate promotion; mentally because you have to be well focused and relaxed to reach disfutrar to the top and the beautiful landscapes seen from above.
Types escalation
Within the rock climbing is one of the most cocnocidas and practiced in our country , there are various types such as:
- * Traditional climbing: This discipline involves promoting traditional way , ie first get insurance or stoppers of which the person is going to consolidate to go up, quickly removes insurance relocates them higher and rises again , this practice is done without having done some previous study of the place.
- * Sport climbing : This anchors that are pre- positioned in place to scale are used , allowing the person to better technique and focus on difficult climbs .
- * Long Climbing : There are climbs that usually last several days , so you have to climb hammocks for sleeping , food, etc. . For this type of climbing aid climbing techniques are used.
- * Artificial climbing: In this mode all materials as stoppers and pythons are used to help raise and not only as protection.
- * Free climbing . Here it is used exclusively natural grips for climbing, using rope insurance and only as such is prohibited proteccion.En doing hanging plates breaks and if you fall you have to repeat the activity from the beginning.
- * Whole Solo: This escalation is well known , no rope, no insurance and no type of protection that can save the climber if you make a mistake and falls are used.
- * Bouldering : This is a mode that has features of only comprehensive , in this type the climber never climbs far enough, so a fall is not dangerous, the climber ascends a block of a few meters , while a pad or mat to avoid shock and / or a partner are waiting to fall.
team
The equipment used for climbing is: harness, quickdraws , carabiner , climbing rope , special shoes , etc. . This esquipo is primarily designed to protect the athlete.
If this activity called attention , you should start with your workouts at the indoor climbing gyms are having artificial parades with different grips and support.