History of Climbing
The history of climbing dating back to the 19th century. Although Colorado was home to the oldest climber, became a popular place for rock climbing up to the turn of the 20th century.
Climbing was formerly considered part of mountaineering, rock climbing gave climbers climbing expedition in the preparation. Climbers at the beginning of Germany and Britain were passionate about the sport and set remarkable level of climbing. In 1920 he began pushing escalation in the United States.
Aid climbing and free climbing are two traditional methods of climbing. Artificial climbing requires the use of climbing techniques, free climbing depends only on the skill, dexterity and physical strength climber. During the first day, free climbing was the only way to climb. Early explorers used climbing equipment, unless they were able to overcome the difficult decision.
In the mid 1960′s, American climbers found that the Piton used in aid climbing considerably damaged stones. This led to the invention of slinging machine nuts, an alternative to Python. The tradition of a combination of methods and without the assistance began in early 1980 in France. This combination method to minimize the level of difficulty for the climbers, to improve the style of climbing.
The United States was leading climbing in 60 and 70, work with many climbers who want to improve their climbing techniques. Climbing as a sport was announced recently. Compared with traditional climbing, sport uses the most modern equipment for climbing today. With the growing interest in the sport, climbers chose to make more free routes and harder individual moves. In 1980 the trend was to make a short but heavy weight. Development of climbing as a sport has led to the invention of new safety features to ensure the safety of climbers. With the introduction of indoor walls, climbing techniques can now practiced without venturing out of enemy terrain.
