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aid climbing

Type of rock climbing where artificial devices are used to make upward progress (and not just for pr...

alpine climbing

A form of mountaineering that includes ice climbing, dry-tooling and rock climbing.

big wall climbing

A long sustained sheer exposed rock climb with at least 6–10 pitches (over 300–500 metres), that typ...

clean aid climbing

A type of aid climbing where only removable traditional climbing protection is allowed, and no hamme...

competition climbing

A type of climbing held on climbing walls for mostly professional or Olympic climbers, split into th...