| Rock climbing is the sport where you climb steep | | | | make your way down like the rock walls at the |
| rocks and it was first done in England. By 1930 | | | | local fairs that you may have. |
| some hundred climbing resorts opened in England | | | | Every kind of climbing here is dangerous and you |
| alone and people started the sport of rock | | | | should always take serious care when doing these |
| climbing. A person who wants to be a climber | | | | kinds of sports. When you are doing leads climbing |
| should always be ready to climb such as being in | | | | you need to be sure to follow the path that the |
| good physical and mental health. The person who | | | | leader has given to you and not stray from it. If |
| is outlaying the route to the top of the climb | | | | you were to stray from the right path you could |
| should always be watching out for the other | | | | seriously hurt yourself and could possibly even die |
| climbers since they just started climbing. | | | | if you don't follow the right path and stick to |
| There are a few different kinds of climbing, there | | | | what you are told to do. Climbing a rock |
| is free climbing where you do not use any kind of | | | | formation without any kind of help is called free |
| ropes or anything and that is very dangerous | | | | climbing and should never be attempted if you are |
| then there is aid climbing where you are aided into | | | | not strong in your upper body and cannot climb |
| climbing with ropes and such. In lead climbing the | | | | alone with the help of bolts and ropes. |
| leader of the group that is climbing will outlay a | | | | When you are doing lead climbing you are always |
| path to take by taking a rope around their own | | | | going to be safe as your body is being held up |
| body and then start to climb up the rock | | | | with ropes and you are continuing to follow the |
| formation. Once he has made it up the rock | | | | path which had been given to you. Sometimes it |
| formation a good ways the others start to climb | | | | may be hard to stick with everyone when you |
| and use his path. | | | | are doing lead climbing but once you have lead |
| With sport leads climbing the bolts are already | | | | climbing down and you can probably go do some |
| placed in the rock formation and so the climbers | | | | of your own lead climbing and start climbing with |
| can just attach their ropes to the bolts already | | | | other people that need help just like you needed |
| placed and keep climbing without having to bring | | | | help. Even though it may take some time for you |
| extra equipment with them on the climb. When a | | | | to be able to lead it will pay off when you are the |
| rope is placed on top of the rock formation with | | | | one leading everyone to the top and you are not |
| an anchor you just kind of use the rope and | | | | the one following anymore. |