standardization of grades worldwide. Over the years, grades have consistently risen in all forms of climbing, helped by improvements in climbing technique and...

Sport climbing (or bolted climbing) is a type of free climbing in rock climbing where the lead climber clips into pre-drilled permanent bolts for their...

set new grade milestones are important events in rock climbing history, and are listed below. While sport climbing has dominated absolute-grade milestones...

Glossary of climbing terms relates to rock climbing (including aid climbing, lead climbing, bouldering, and competition climbing), mountaineering, and...

Competitions in the sport of climbing, governed by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC), have been held at two editions of the Summer...

Lead climbing (or leading) is a technique in rock climbing where the lead climber clips their rope to the climbing protection as they ascend a pitch of...

In rock climbing, redpointing means to free-climb a climbing route from the ground to the top while lead climbing, after having practiced the route (either...

Beta is a climbing term that designates information about how to ascend a climbing route, and the specific climbing techniques required—and how to apply...

1970s, ice climbing developed as a standalone skill from alpine climbing (where ice climbing skills are used on ice and snow). Ice climbing grades peak at...

became the first rock climb in the world to have a proposed climbing grade of 9c (5.15d), and it is an important route in rock climbing history. To complete...

Traditional climbing (or trad climbing) is a type of free climbing in rock climbing where the lead climber places the protection equipment while ascending...

history of rock climbing, the three main sub-disciplines—bouldering, single-pitch climbing, and big wall (and multi-pitch) climbing—can trace their origins...

Free solo climbing, or free soloing, is a form of rock climbing where the climbers (or free soloists) climb solo (or alone) without ropes or other protective...

Indo-European Grade, or degree, one of the comparative forms of an adjective Grade (climbing), a climber's assessment of the difficulty and danger of climbing a hill...

Competition climbing is a form of regulated rock climbing competition held indoors on purpose-built artificial climbing walls (earlier versions were held...

first-ever British E11-graded climbing route, and at the international grades of 5.14c (8c+), was a new grade milestone in traditional climbing making it the "world's...

the sport. Free climbing has since been divided into several sub-styles of climbing dependent on belay configuration. Over time, grading systems have also...

in the 2017 climbing film, The Lappnor Project. Climbing awarded Hukkataival a Golden Piton [fr] in 2016 for having the courage to grade it at 9A (V17)...

Free climbing is a form of rock climbing in which the climber can only use climbing equipment for climbing protection, but not as an aid to help in their...

Speed climbing is a climbing discipline in which speed is the ultimate goal. Speed climbing is done on rocks, walls and poles and is only recommended...

Alpine climbing (German: Alpinklettern) is a type of mountaineering that involves using any of a broad range of advanced climbing skills, including rock...

documentary series on the history of extreme sport climbing in France. Seb Bouin started sport climbing at 11 with his mother Claire. He did his first 8a...

(but not aid), which was called sport climbing. Sport climbing has since set all new grade milestones in rock climbing. The "redpoint" became the accepted...

Aid climbing is a form of rock climbing that uses mechanical devices and equipment, such as aiders (or ladders), for upward momentum. Aid climbing is different...

Climbing guidebooks are used by mountaineers, alpinists, ice climbers, and rock climbers to locate, grade, and navigate climbing routes on mountains, climbing...

1990, it became the first-ever climb in the world to have a consensus climbing grade of 8c+ (5.14c); and the highest grade in the English system at E9 7b...

operations. Climbing is done indoors and outdoors, on natural surfaces (e.g. rock climbing and ice climbing), and on artificial surfaces (e.g. climbing walls...

related to Climbing in Céüse. History of rock climbing List of first ascents (sport climbing) Silence, first climb in the world with a potential grade of 9c (5...

Multi-pitch climbing is a type of climbing that typically takes place on routes that are more than a single rope length (circa 50 to 70 metres) in height...

over 1500 m. La Route des Crêtes, Cassis, France A trolleybus climbing an 18% grade in Seattle Ascent of German Bundesstraße 10 A car parked on Baldwin...