Types of Variations in Rock Climbing

In sport climbing there are three types of variations in rock climbing

Bouldering

Done on the climbing cliffs are not very high. Climbers can perform a vertical movement, laterally left and right and up and down. This movement is performed repeatedly. Equipment was also simple bouldering, climbing shoes and magnesium powder is enough. Usually a fan of rock climbing do for exercise, some of the benefits of bouldering:

• As an initial warm-up before the climber to climb the high wall
• Very good for train movement difficult
• To train endurence

Crag Climbing 

Is a type of free climbing can be done in 2 ways

1.  Singgle pitch climbing; the climbing is not done by stopping to rest in the middle to secure the second.
2.  Multi pitch climbing: climbing performed on a higher cliff and needed change of leader. Each climber start and end on the terraces sufficient to secure yourself and rest, followed by a second person.

Big Wall Climbing

This type of climbing is performed in a high cliff than climbing Crag. It can take days and complete climbing equipment, as well as schedules, provision of food and sleep on site peraltan. Usually done on a mountain climbing expedition or making climbing routes. The climbers are professionals and have experience in climbing and use of equipment.

The Style of Rock Climbing

Understanding in the style of rock climbing involves a method and climbing equipment as well as the degree of adventure in a climb. Adventure is the level of uncertainty of the results to be achieved.

Style should conform to the climb. Excessive climbing style for a small cliff, as well as any styles that eventually became a bad style. Hiking in nature with limited technical assistance is a good style. We must work together premises cliff, do not force him. We can use points such as natural stone, horn, tree, or on a stone wedged in the gap. Finally we come to the climb itself, without using a rope, Its purpose is to adjust the style and ability to climb. A good style is a perfect correspondence - Siting of two sides that both the ambition and ability.

No climbing the same. A good standard can be applied and also allow the completion of a personality of each route. That is the principle we had the first ascent. Principle could lead us in a matter of style and ethics. We already have minimum standards that are ready and available to be targeted. Acceptance of this principle allows us to eliminate the conflict of opinion about the general style. Another advantage is the style of the first ascent was a viable force, and provide psychological benefits to hikers, climbers following that route, at least, been tried. By appreciating the people who solve them, and show that we understand the value, and consider their ascent as a result of the work, then climb meraka not something to be defeated.

In his book How to Rock Climb: Face Climbing, John Long describes and create a more narrow classification of several styles that exist, among which are:

Onsight Free Solo

The term climb onsight means a path without ever trying and also have not seen anyone else is climbing belt. So the line is climbing without any information. While the solo means without the rope. So onsight free solo climbing rope means for the first time a climber without any information.

Free single

Climbing a path without using the rope, but never tried, although not yet memorized the correct path.

Worked Solo

Climbing without a rope with previously been tried many times until it completely memorized the entire shape of the surface off the cliff.

Onsight Flash / Vue

Climb a path without ever tried it, saw another climber that same belt, also never got any information. Climbing using rope as a pioneering path (leader) and memasangpengaman (running belay). Climbers did not fall and did not even take a breather / break along the path.

Beta Flash

Climbing without a try and see others climbing belt, but had been informed about the lines and parts of the difficulty (crux). Climbers then climb without falling and without a break along the path.

Déjà vu

A climber had climbed a path many years previously and failed to finish. After all these years, with better climbing ability, he returned with little memory of the pathway and successfully completed on the first line.

Red Point

Climb a path that has been studied very well, without falling and climbing while installing safety as a pioneering path.

Pink Point

Same with the red point only all the security has been installed in place.

Brown's Point

There are several kinds of this category, such as a climber pioneering a path, then fell and pulled the rope, then continue climbing from a safety point last he fell (hangdogging). Climbing to the top rope is also included in this category. Then there was climbing with the first drill fitted first. Actually there are many more that fall into this category. It tells the whole category of tactics, strategy, or tricks to learn at the same time trying to complete a course.

Having seen so many styles of rock climbing in the finish line, we may be able to compare which one is more difficult. With so may also be compared to differences in the ability of a climber.

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Rock Climbing Techniques

In the progress of rock climbing has now been established climbing techniques.

This sport is basically a way of putting the body to be stable, thus giving the opportunity to climb a long time and not quickly tired, climbers will go up quickly and safely. Opportunities to move further adding to the height determined by the balance of the body by using a deformed rocks as a foothold and grip in accordance with field conditions encountered.

Hands and foot techniques

Rock climbing in general is highly dependent on the strength of the hand and kaki. Beginners climbers usually tend to trust most of his weight on the hand, with the body close to the surface of the cliff. Habit is caused by the wrong assumption that the function of the hand holding the greater portion of the foot.

Hold:

Best position to put down foot and hands when climbing a cliff. Each defect has a rock cliff with high levels of varying difficulty, the more smooth the surface of the cliff, it will be increasingly difficult to climb.

The ability to choose where the footrest or handrails in rock climbing a major factor in the skill level of a rock climbers

Jamming:

The sechnique is performed  when hands and foot clipped in cracks of rocks, so the exact position more secure.

Chimneying:

Which is to harness the considerable gap in the cliffs as nest width climbing, using hands, back and foot simultaneously

Rock climbing techniques that do not get out of a complete climbing equipment and understand the basic usage. As karmantel rope, runner, figure of 8, carabiners and other non screw.

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