vertical rock face. Face climbing is contrasted with crack climbing. Face climbing is less reliant upon technique than crack climbing, but instead relies...

It is said that he tried to continue climbing, but the expedition had to be stopped for the night. The climbing resumed on the following day, when, during...

Glossary of climbing terms relates to rock climbing (including aid climbing, lead climbing, bouldering, and competition climbing), mountaineering, and...

Alpine climbing (German: Alpinklettern) is a type of mountaineering that involves using any of a broad range of advanced climbing skills, including rock...

In rock climbing, redpointing means to free-climb a climbing route from the ground to the top while lead climbing, after having practiced the route (either...

north face, three on the Ödstein, two on the Croz dell 'Altissimo, one on the Einser and the rest on other difficult climbs." Aid climbing, climbing using...

along its tallest face and is a world-famous location for big wall climbing, including the disciplines of aid climbing, free climbing, and more recently...

operations. Climbing is done indoors and outdoors, on natural surfaces (e.g. rock climbing and ice climbing), and on artificial surfaces (e.g. climbing walls...

mountaineer. He was one of the four climbers who died in the 1936 Eiger north face climbing disaster, along with Toni Kurz, Andreas Hinterstoisser and Willy Angerer...

Slab climbing is a type of rock climbing where the rock face is at an angle less steep than vertical. It is characterized by balance- and friction-dependent...