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Climbing - an Activity Outline

Climbing is the fastest growing sport in the UK (MORI, 1999). This has followed the introduction of indoor walls which make winter climbing an option, and practise easier. There is also far greater access for people living in urban areas, making the sport ever more popular.

Climbing is a general term covering a variety of activities:

Bouldering: training without ropes on large boulders

Indoor climbing: Originally used for training but now an activity in its own right

Rock climbing: as you would think...

Mountaineering

Scrambling

Winter climbing