By: Michael M Ward | 2010-04-03 | Recreation & Sports In rock climbing, learning to climb cracks is well worth the investment in time and energy. Some of the greatest rock climbing lines on the planet follow cracks. Crack climbing is often exhilarating and usually safe. For most of us, that's a winning combination! read more
By: Ronald Pedactor | 2011-02-21 | Article Marketing The sport of rock climbing can be fun and rewarding. This article discusses some ways to improve your rock climbing technique. read more
By: Ronald Pedactor | 2011-02-18 | Article Marketing Rock climbing requires technique and precision in order for athletes to be successful. This article discusses how to use the body to facilitate success. read more
By: Hugh J. Lara | 2010-12-08 | Recreation & Sports Sport climbing, or sport rock climbing, is a climbing sport that uses permanent anchors that are fixed into the rock. Climbers can use the anchors and supports for protection and assistance in getting up the cliff face. The use of this protection allows the climbers to fully concentrate on getting up the mountain without having to worry about the dangers of falling. read more
By: Michelle L. Custodio | 2010-12-08 | Destinations Rock climbing has plenty of physical advantages as it can help you become more agile, improve your stamina and body coordination, and make you stronger too. read more
By: Sydney Garrison | 2010-03-30 | Recreation & Sports If you are new to the sport of rock climbing (or even if you have been doing it for years) there are certain tips and suggestions that may make you even better. If you have never rock climbed before it is a good idea (and generally required if going to a gym) that you take a class. But the class is under an hour and will only teach you the very basics and give you some safety advice. While this is of course extremely important, there are a lot of other techniques that you will not learn during one of these intro courses. read more
By: Raj Gupta | 2011-07-27 | Travel Tips 78mm Adventures is a one of its kind alternative tourism organization in India offers all Adventure Tour services Rock Climbing , Trekking In Himachal, Road Trip Himachal and Adventure Travel Camps in India, our central philosophy is to discover and experience nature & untouched beauty at an unrushed pace. read more
By: Michael M Ward | 2010-04-02 | Recreation & Sports Climbing with other people who are a lot better can help us to 'drag our grades up'. Seeing a better climber on routes that seem too hard for you demystifies them and makes them so much more accessible. You pick up tips, techniques and, best of all, a different mind-set. Choose the easy way to get better - climb with better people! read more
By: Ryan Coisson | 2010-03-29 | Recreation & Sports One of the greatest feelings when you go rock climbing is getting a route that is a challenge for you and just pushing through and climbing it on your first try. We call this onsight climbing and it is one of the hardest things to do in rock climbing. read more
By: Rachel Rueckert | 2010-03-29 | Recreation & Sports Rock climbing is a great sport to get into and has a plethora of benefits to those who pursue it. If you decide you can bit the bullet and get all of the equipment you need and have learned about all of the important safety factors involved with this sport, you are now ready to start finding your rock climbing gear. read more
By: Michael M Ward | 2010-04-02 | Recreation & Sports In rock climbing, as in every other human activity, people search for the instantaneous improvement, the 'magic bullet'. In climbing, if I had to cite a magic bullet for technique, it would be improved footwork. read more
By: Paul Stanton | 2010-11-30 | Business Are you skilled at running your own indoor rock climbing business? Have you got what it takes to become the boss of your own indoor rock climbing business? read more
By: Michael M Ward | 2010-04-02 | Recreation & Sports In climbing, sometimes we made big advances and sometimes we progress by incremental gains. Grade pyramids are a fantastic way of proceeding by incremental gains and getting us through those grade ceilings that appear so daunting in advance and so harmless in retrospect. read more
By: Rachel Rueckert | 2010-03-29 | Recreation & Sports Getting involved in rock climbing can be extremely exciting. You are just about to embark on a new adventure with an all new outlook and hobby. Times are looking good out there, but the daunting task is definitely in getting your equipment and in finding the money to do so. Here are a few tips that will help you select some rock climbing shoes that will be fit to you and your style, to reduce a bit of a headache that can be avoided if you do your homework before you purchase the wrong shoes. read more