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2. Ropes course - Wikipedia

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   Two boys climbing on the Palisades Climb Adventure, an indoor rope course at Palisades Mall, West Nyack, New York. It is unclear where and when the first ropes course was created. Obstacle courses have been used by the military to train soldiers as far back as the ancient Greeks. Those courses, however, were primarily used for the training of ...

3. Rock climbing - Wikipedia

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   Rock climbing is a largely self-governing sport principally relying on social sanctioning but where individual country-level associations can act as "representative bodies" for the sport some of which are formally recognized by the State (e.g. the American Alpine Club) and can have an influence on Government policy in areas that interest the ...

4. Pick your route: Downtown Erie now has an indoor rock ... - AOL

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   "It's the tallest indoor rock climbing wall in a 50-mile radius." At Ascend Erie climbing gym, employees Chelsea Huddleston, 26, top, and Wade Desai, 35, check routes on the 52-foot wall.

5. Carderock Recreation Area - Wikipedia

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   Climbing type: top-rope crag, bouldering: Height: 50 feet: Pitches: 1: Ratings: 5.0-5.12 with majority of climbs in 5.6-5.10 range: Grades: I: Rock type: Wissahikon Mica-schist with quartz crystals: Quantity of rock: days worth (over 150 climbs and boulder problems) Development: very well developed: Cliff aspect: South west facing: Season ...

6. Sport climbing - Wikipedia

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   Climber leading the sport climbing route Hulkosaure 8b (5.13d). Quickdraws have already been attached to the line of pre-drilled bolts that mark the route.. Sport climbing is a form of free climbing (i.e. no artificial or mechanical device can be used to aid progression, unlike with aid climbing), performed in pairs, where the lead climber clips into pre-drilled permanently fixed bolts for ...

7. Climbing gym - Wikipedia

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   Most climbs in a climbing gym (known as "problems" in bouldering [3]) will have an approximate climbing grade [note 1] and a way of identifying the holds to be used. In some gyms, holds are identified by coloured tape placed next to each hold, but it is becoming more common for the holds of a given climb to all be the same or similar colour for easy identification.