How many main types of climbing competitions are there?
A climbing competition (or comp) is usually held indoors on purpose-built climbing walls. There are three main types of climbing competition: lead, speed, and bouldering.
In lead climbing, the competitors start at the bottom of a route and must climb within a certain time frame, making sure to clip the rope into pre-placed quickdraws along the route. Speed climbing can either be an individual or team event, with the person or team that can climb a standardized route the fastest is the winner. Bouldering competitions consist of climbing short problems without a rope, with the emphasis on the number of problems completed.
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filmnut
I started “ Rock Climbing “ in Yosemite in 1967. That was “The Summer of Love” in California. In the Spring of 1969 we hike the “Muir Trail” from Squaw Valley down the ‘spine’ of the Sierra Nevada to Yosemite. There was a group of eight of us. I was in the Company of Legends of the sport: Bev Johnson, Rick Sylvester, Mike Hoover (Bev’s future husband and the “Heart” of the Squaw Valley Professional Ski Patrol. What a wonderful Adventure. I was just turning 21 yrs old. We had tee-shirts made: They were tie-dyed in the fashion of the day and were emblazoned with the simple words: “Go Climb a Rock” ! (on the front) and on the back it had on word “Rockstar” ! Those were heady days.
Pat Wells
Love bouldering! Longest one was 2 miles of climbing uphill via boulders.
Jim Lloyd
It doesn’t say rock climbing. When you get into timbersports there are several different pole climbs. In arbor sports there’s rope ascend and obstacle climb. Vague question.
Fred Mayes
filmnut, Mongo impressed! I remembered Hoover from the short film Solo. And I was also impressed by his cinematography where he would zoom in on the climber from a distance so extreme the climber was initially invisible. I think he also consulted on The Eiger Sanction. You were in stellar company!
Gary Chadwick
When they said rock climbing, I didn't realise they only meant indoor rock climbing. Be more pacific!
filmnut
I usually avoid this Author’s questions, for any number of reasons, but because this sport is close to my “ Heart & Soul” I knew it was virtually impossible to turn this into a “trick question “.
Albeck1994
Only know because, the climbing world championships are on at the moment, in preparation of their first Olympics in Japan.