Big wall climbing is a form of rock climbing that takes place on long multi-pitch routes (of at least 6–10 pitches or 300–500 metres) that normally require...
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history of rock climbing, the three main sub-disciplines – bouldering, single-pitch climbing, and big wall (and multi-pitch) climbing – can trace their...
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Alex Honnold (redirect from Alone on the Wall)
2017. "8a.nu: Global Climbing News". www.8a.nu. Ozturk, Renan (April 24, 2009). "The Borneo Dispatches". Climbing. "Borneo Big Wall". Borneobigwall.blogspot...
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rock climbs, including the even longer big wall climbing that features in the Free Solo film, free soloing is performed in a wide range of climbing types...
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Glossary of climbing terms relates to rock climbing (including aid climbing, lead climbing, bouldering, and competition climbing), mountaineering, and...
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century with the rise of free climbing. At the same time, the Dolomites became the birthplace of modern "big wall aid climbing", where pioneers like Emilio...
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climbs to be changed by moving the holds to new positions on the wall, has resulted in indoor climbing becoming a very popular sport. Proper climbing...
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El Capitan (redirect from The Dawn Wall (climb))
world-famous location for big wall climbing, including the disciplines of aid climbing, free climbing, and more recently for free solo climbing. The formation was...
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Tommy Caldwell (section The Dawn Wall)
American rock climber who has set records in sport climbing, traditional climbing, and in big-wall climbing. Caldwell made the first free ascents of several...
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Barbara Zangerl (section Big wall climbing)
discipline, including bouldering, traditional climbing, sport climbing, multi-pitch climbing and big wall climbing. She was the first-ever female to solve an...
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