Rockclimbing

THE HISTORY OF ROCK CLIMBING

• Dolomites, Italy 🇮🇹
• Lake District, England 🇬🇧 and...
• Elbe Sandstone Mountains, Germany 🇩🇪 are the credited birthplaces of rock climbing.
• The history of rock climbing is quite a recent history. It doesn't date on for centuries such as many other sports.

TIMELINE

• In 400 BC, China started painting delicate watercolour of people climbing rocks.
• 1695: first time ropes were used to climb rocks.
• 1800: rock climbing becomes a sport!
• 1910: first steel carabiner, designed by Otto Herzog.
• 1964: first indoor rock climbing wall created by Don Robinson.
• 1983: Alan watts introduces Climbing for sport to the US.

COMPONENTS OF FITNESS

• With rock climbing, comes certain abilities: -Strength; mostly in the back, your core, shoulders, arms and fingers.
• -Power; enduring through the climb, you will need to make occasional leaps and stay determined...
• -Flexibility; some climbs will put you in a position where you may need to stretch a far amount.
• -Focus; to be able to know where you are heading and how far you need to stretch out to reach the next hand clutch is vital in climbing.

WORKING ON THESE COMPONENTS

• Strength; push-ups, or other activities such as sit-ups/ bicep curls that can improve your overall body strength.
• Power; this is more the inner strength side of things. To be able to believe mentally that you can succeed plays a large role.
• Flexibility; yoga can improve your flexibility, and so can doing daily stretches.
• Focus; to focus is to just change a certain perspective. To really think about your next move.

WHY CLIMBERS WORK WITH PARTNERS

• Working with a partner can help challenge for a successful ascent in various ways..:
• When the climber is stuck, the partner can simply guide them up the remainder of the way (To spot/ The guider).
• Most of the time, when it comes to rock climbing; the climber will need someone to belay and spot for them. This is also the partners job.

5 COMPLEX CLIMBING TECHNIQUES

1. FLAGGING

2. HEEL HOOKING

3. CRIMPER/ PINCHER

4. UPPER LIMBS ONLY

5. LASTLY, THE RIGHT HAND ONLY CHALLENGE

MY FITNESS PLAN

• When I was climbing, one of the main reason I was held back was because I wasn't Flexible enough to reach the next hand clutch/foot grip.
• Secondly, my fear of heights. Whilst I was climbing, I kept on looking down. I knew I was harnessed, and that I was perfectly safe, yet I kept freaking myself out. This eventually caused me to give up.
• To work on these prospects, all I can really do is keep climbing. I can get over this fear if I continue. Same with flexibility, but I could also stretch.

MY CLIMBING TECHNIQUE

• I personally feel that my present Climbing technique definitely could be worked upon.
• I think that I should rock climb more often, complete some of the activities I listed previously to up these necessary components of fitness.
• Overall, I did give almost every climb a go, and did manage to test out the 5 different 'complex climbing techniques,' though next time I will be sure to use my time more efficiently when It comes to capturing photos.
• I worked with Charlotte, Olivia and Celina whilst climbing. I guided and also belayed. They told me I should work more on my confidence.