With so many disciplines and formats of the sport, it can often be confusing trying to get a sense of what sport climbing is.
Let’s break it down, so we can get an idea of what the sport is, and why and how it is going to feature for the very first time at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Climbing is a sport that comes in more variations than most people can imagine when they think of one kind of sport (for example, lead, bouldering and speed).
It ranges from bouldering and lead climbing to the increasingly famous soloing and even includes ice climbing!
The exhilaration, the rush, the thrill, there are only a few things that match it (yes, this is the blatant bias of a climber, but you have to try it for yourself to get what I’m talking about).
Not to mention the problem-solving element, thinking and cognitive function required alongside the physical prowess to complete climbing routes.
With so many disciplines and formats of the sport, it can often be confusing trying to get a sense of what climbing is, particularly sport climbing.
Someone might say they are going bouldering, another that they are soloing, and others - top-roping.
Let’s break it down, so we can get a sense of what the sport is and why and how it is going to feature for the very first time at next year’s Olympics!
Many, like myself, were introduced to climbing by Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise), when he leapt across Utah’s Dead Horse Point in Mission Impossible II.
Tom Cruise did do that jump several times even if the technique and Hollywood drama were a bit unrealistic (you can watch the soloist Alex Honnold, from Free Solo fame, break down the technique here).
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