Top rope climbing (or top roping) is a form of rock climbing where the climber is securely attached to a climbing rope that runs through a fixed anchor...

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

Rope-solo climbing or rope-soloing (or self-belaying) is a form of solo climbing (i.e. performed alone without a climbing partner), but unlike with free...

pads. Top rope climbing, and its competition speed climbing variant, adds a rope, harness, and belay device. The rope is hung prior to the climb from the...

climbing rope is a rope that is used in climbing. It is a critical part of an extensive chain of protective equipment (which also includes climbing harnesses...

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...

rock climbing, and to build up their strength and confidence to lead climb. Top rope solo climbing. This is a solo climbing variant of top roping where...

Free Solo. Top rope climbing is a form of rock climbing that uses no artificial aids but as the sole form of protection, uses a pre-fixed rope secured to...

traditional climbing and top rope climbing. Rope-solo technique as is used in rope solo climbing Self-rescue technique as is used in self-rescue climbing. Wikimedia...

Rope climbing is a sport in which competitors attempt to climb up a suspended vertical rope using only their hands. Rope climbing is practiced regularly...

In rock climbing, a redpoint is the free-climb of a route by lead climbing where the climber never used the rope, or any other artificial aids such as...

In climbing and mountaineering, belaying comprises techniques used to create friction within a climbing protection system, particularly on a climbing rope...

wall climbing), rope solo climbing, sport climbing, traditional climbing and top rope climbing. Via Ferrata equipment as used in Via Ferrata climbing Wikimedia...

about her year climbing trees. Many different techniques (free climbing, self-belayed climbing with a doubled-rope technique, single-rope technique, and...

Solo climbing, or soloing, is a style of climbing in which the climber climbs a route alone, without the assistance of a belayer (or "second") or being...

do so. In competition speed climbing, competitors race-off in pairs on a standardised 'speed climbing wall' using a top rope on an auto belay, in the shortest...

Examples of simul-climbing Simul-climbing (or using a running-belay) is a climbing technique where a pair of climbers who are attached by a rope simultaneously...

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...

directly ascending, or for facilitating protection, with a fixed rope when climbing on steep mountain terrain. A form introduced in the 1950s became so...

A dynamic rope is a specially constructed, somewhat elastic rope used primarily in rock climbing, ice climbing, and mountaineering. This elasticity, or...

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...

of rock-climbing equipment intended to arrest the fall of solo climbers who climb without partners. This device is used for rope solo climbing, for "ground-up...

CEN, sets climbing-rope standards and oversees testing. Any rope bearing a GUIANA or CE certification tag is suitable for climbing. Climbing ropes cut...

indoor climbing walls, in both training and competition climbing formats. The device enables a climber to ascend indoor routes on a top rope but without...

and speed climbing (also not bolted, but instead top roped), it is sometimes confusingly referred to as "sport climbing". Sport climbing is a form of...

A climbing harness is a piece of equipment that allows a climber to tie in to the safety of a rope. It is used in rock and ice climbing, abseiling, and...

Sport climbing Traditional climbing Speed climbing Solo climbing Free solo climbing Rope solo climbing Top rope climbing Other Canyoning (Canyoneering)...

the first kernmantel rope in 1953, which revolutionized fall prevention. Hemp climbing rope became a thing of the past and rope breakage was greatly reduced...

rock climbing equipment. Some areas have fixed anchors such as bolts or pitons. Descender: A friction device or friction hitch that allows the rope to be...

wall climbing is usually done in pairs as lead climbing, however, due to the length of the climbs, the second climber usually ascends via a fixed rope to...