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	Mountain Climbing - MSN Encarta
		The earliest documented rock climb done for sport (not for military reconnaissance or scientific inquiry) was the 35-m (115-ft) high Nape’s Needle in the Lake District of England, which W. Hasket-Smith climbed alone on June 27, 1886.
		The first documented rock climb in North America was made in 1910 on a portion of Mount Washington in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, although the mountain itself had been climbed much earlier.
		Rock climbing routes are named and assigned a difficulty rating by the first team of climbers to ascend a particular route.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761568485_3/Mountain_Climbing.html (1575 words)

	Free climbing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Free climbing is a style of climbing in which the climber uses no artificial aids to make progress upwards, but just hands, feet and other parts of the body.
		Styles of free climbing include traditional climbing, sport climbing, some forms of solo climbing and bouldering.
		Free soloing is a type of free climbing where no rope is used for protection and falls would be disastrous.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Free_climbing (310 words)

	The American Safe Climbing Association
		Free climbing generally had little debate since bolts were almost universally placed from stance on lead; even the addition of a few bolts to the classic Snakedike, done with permission of the first ascent team, was seen as simply allowing the amazing route to be done (somewhat) safely by others.
		But, generally, all free climbing routes were done ground-up from stance, and the inherent limitations on climbing by that method produced routes which were bold, run-out, and mentally challenging.
		The climbing community changed in composition, and climbers began to expect that well-protected face climbs were the rule instead of the exception.
	www.safeclimbing.org /conservation_bolthist.htm (1896 words)

	A glossary of rock climbing terms
		A dynamic climbing technique in which the hold is grabbed at the apex of upward motion.
		Climbing on routes that are too long for a single belay rope.
		This is common on short sport climbing routes and in climbing gyms in order to fit an extra move into the climb.
	mccammon.ucsd.edu /~adcock/climbing_glossary.html (1649 words)

	A0: Aid climbing for free climbers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Even if you’re free climbing instead of pulling on gear, it’s more efficient to take a quick break than to push until your arms are completely flamed.
		Use your feet exactly as if you were free climbing, either stuffed in the crack or on face holds.
		(Free climbing will always be faster than A0 as long as you keep moving.) To rest, you can either fifi into a piece or clip your lead line and call for tension.
	www.climbing.com /techtips/aid/ttaid232 (887 words)

	Climbing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rock climbing can be subdivided into free climbing (where ropes and gear are used strictly for safety in the case of a fall), and aid climbing, where a passage up a piece of rock is engineered by using equipment placed in the rock for upward progress.
		The climbing team begans at the bottom of a climb and ascends to the top, with the leader placing protective devices in the rock or ice as he or she climbs - an approach emphasising the exploratory aspect of the sport and requiring a certain amount of boldness.
		Climbing is done on a wood and plastic simulation of a rock, often in a dedicated "rock gym".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Climbing (1536 words)

	GORP - Rock Climbing Evolution and Style - Climbing Fundamentals
		Rock climbing has been around for a long time, and the activity has only recently been described as a "sport." Past and pioneer climbers were interested above all in the adventure of climbing or the art and spirituality of it and did not consider their activity as sport.
		Free climbing is a more natural style of climbing, less dependent upon equipment and technology.
		The introduction of clean climbing gear thus accelerated the free climbing movement, and climbers continued to push their limits but with a greater ecological sensitivity.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/publishers/ics/cli_mdr2.htm (829 words)

	What’s It Mean to Free a Big Wall Route?
		This variation is required to free climb the Nose because of the nearly flawlessly granite surrounding the Boot Flake.
		Free climbing the big aid routes of Yosemite frequently involves the climbers taking variations around pitches that might have been easier for the first ascensionists to aid climb, but are not the easiest path to a free ascent.
		Besides the 5.12a traverse to Dolt Hole, the climbing is a relatively moderate 5.10.
	www.wwwright.com /climbing/news/FreeingBigWalls.htm (1670 words)

	Yosemite National Park Rock Climbing
		Climbing is just something I've never gotten into, and I'm the last guy you should ask about this incredible sport.
		A 48-year-old man was a member of a four-person climbing party attempting to climb the West Pillar of Eichorn Pinnacle near Cathedral Peak in Tuolumne Meadows.
		Climbing faster wasn't as much a function of developing new techniques as it was of refining old ones.
	www.yosemitefun.com /climbing.htm (2802 words)

	James and Jennifer's Climbing Web
		Aid climbing was always used to ascend the most difficult routes (that could not be climbed free).
		Aid climbing relies on gear (often pitons, also nuts, cams, hooks, bolts, copperheads, etc.) that the leader places in the rock and then hauls or steps up on it.
		Free climbing means using your hands and feet for ascending the rock while using gear (nuts, cams, etc.) for protection only.
	www.melhuish.org /climb (642 words)

	Diamond Brand Outdoors - Explore Western North Carolina - Climbing
		We are located within minutes of the best free climbing, bouldering, and aid climbing in the state.
		An array of cams, nuts, hexes, and tricams are critical for free climbing in this state.
		Climbing is an amazing activity that demands physical and mental skills.
	www.diamondbrand.com /climbing (348 words)

	Rock Climbing in Bulgaria - Vratza, Pirin, Rila, Rhodope.
		The climbing is up vertical walls and ledges and the descending is performed through repelling or follows roundabout routes.
		The style of climbing is free and the typical chimneys and ledges are used.
		Beautiful peaks with an altitude of 2500-2700 m are climbed from which there is a panoramic view of the whole mountain.
	www.bgtravel.com /tour-climbing-bulgaria.asp (396 words)

	Free Ice Climbing Information \| Free Ice Climbing Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Ice climbing is the recreational activity of climbing ice formations such as ice falls, and frozen waterfalls.
		Ice climbing is an offshoot of mountain climbing.
		Ice climbing instructors and guides who also provide equipment such as helmets, boots, crampons, harnesses, axes, ropes and belay devices can be found in Lake Placid and Keene Valley in the Adirondacks, as well as North Conway, N.H., another climbing center for the Northeast.
	www.iceclimbingadv.info /free-ice-climbing.html (618 words)

	Rock Climbing.com A History of Free Climbing in America...A Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The book is a chronology of free climbing in the United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii.
		It begins with the September 1869 climb of Cathedral Peak by John Muir and ends with the first free ascent by Tommy Caldwell of The Honeymoon Is Over, V 5.13c, on the Diamond of Longs Peak in the summer of 2001.
		A History of Free Climbing in America is also crammed full of great fl and white photos from all eras.
	www.rockclimbing.com /articles/index.php?id=100 (1123 words)

	Amazon.com: Climbing Free: My Life in the Vertical World: Books: Lynn Hill,Greg Child (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Hill is touted as the greatest free climber in the world meaning she climbs without gear, which could make for scary reading.
		Hill began climbing when she was 14, in 1970, scampering up a rock face while her companions turned away in exhaustion; by 1994, she had done something no other climber had ever done: made a free ascent of El Capitan's hideously challenging Nose.
		She introduces us to numerous other climbers we know from climbing history tales, but we get more of a picture of who they are as people and as friends.
	www.amazon.com /Climbing-Free-Life-Vertical-World/dp/0393049817 (2053 words)

	Free Climbing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Free climbing is a style of climbing in which the climber uses no artificial aids to...
		Free soloing is a type of free climbing where no rope is used for...
		Free Climbing: There is a pureness about free climbing as the climber relies solely on the use of his or her own skills to ascend a rock face.
	virgilio.beautiful-bride.org /freeclimbing (726 words)

	Free climbing on the Nose of El Capitan, Ray Jardine and Daniel Bolster for IWA TO YUKI, June 1981
		The first free ascent of grade Vl wall also was made by the author with Bill Price in the spring of 1979 on the West Face route of El Capitan Wall.
		Yosemite has led the the climbing of the world in the last decade, and is still now one of the most fascinating climbing spots through metamorphosing its styles flexibly.
		Climbing higher I manage to place a few more stoppers and struggle over the crux and on to a tiny stance.
	www.rayjardine.com /magazines/1981-iwa/iwato.shtml (2964 words)

	Free climbing competition photos - Canon Digital Photography Forums
		Free climbing means that climber use only power of his body (fingers, hands, legs, brain) to climb rute, using insurance (rope, belt, protection) only for safety...
		What you wrote is free solo that is some idiotic thing when you climb whitout any protection and if you fell you are dead or sirously injured..
		You are wrong about it free climbing means like i say before that you climb only with power of your body using insurance...
	photography-on-the.net /forum/showthread.php?t=68302 (740 words)

	Yosemite Climbing Summary for 2004 (Notes)
		Big wall free climbing in Yosmite hasn’t lost any of its appeal and many impressive ascents were achieved in 2004.
		Freeing the Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome is still a very uncommon feat, despite its relatively tame rating of 5.12a.
		After free climbing Free Rider in April, becoming only the third woman to accomplish this feat along with Rodden and Hill, Davis returned in late May to send the route in a day.
	www.wwwright.com /climbing/news/Yosemite2004.htm (1442 words)

	Sunburn-free Climbing - GreatOutdoors.com
		If you are new to climbing, sign up for an introductory course of basic rope craft and technique.
		Most indoor gyms have bouldering areas, or at least allow you to climb ropeless on the walls while remaining in close proximity to the ground.
		Climb with control, allowing your muscles to tire but not get so pumped that you have to let go.
	www.greatoutdoors.com /published/climb/howtos/sunburnfreeclimbing (783 words)

	Climbing Magazine - Since 1970 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		UPDATED 10/24/06 with Josune's 4th Blog - Bereziartu climbs at a level far beyond the rest of the women in the world.
		She was the first to do 5.14b (8c) by climbing Honky Tonky in May of 1998; Graham climbs everything: from the hardest boulder problems in the world to the hardest sport routes.
		Aside from the first 15 feet of spicy face climbing (5.9), the route eats gear (up to 2.5 inches) for its entire three pitches, though these pitches are long and the rests are few.
	www.climbing.com (742 words)

	Climbing in Croatia \| Free Climbing Croatia Adventure
		People most often climb the mountain Medvednica and the mountain range of Samobor due to their close proximity to Zagreb and their many trails, lodges and other mountain destinations.
		Because Croatian mountains are easy to climb and have a large number of attractive destinations, the number of opportunities and combinations is unlimited.
		The climbing route on which you will be taken is in the area of Mošcenicka Draga, in the direction
	www.vacationincroatia.net /climbing.htm (348 words)

	Free Climbing - MobyGames
		It's a climbing discipline in which you must use the hands (obviously) and special boots as ascend elements.
		For, and this is the key of "Free Climbing", it's necessary that the wall to climb is furrowed by cracks and spurs which the climber can use as strong-point.
		This game also includes 14 different walls that we must try to climb by means of this system, but considering that we have a time limit to culminate each ascend.
	www.mobygames.com /game/free-climbing (193 words)

	EuroGames 2004 Munich - Free Climbing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Freeclimbing competition will be held at the German Alpine Club´s Climbing Centre in Thalkirchen, one of the largest and best equipped climbing facilities in Europe.
		The competition heats will involve climbs of increasing difficulty, with men and women competing together.
		Climbing Harness, climbing shoes, chalk-ball (no loose chalk), HMS-Carabiner or equivalent security equipment, rope (not for the competition).
	2004.eurogames.info /sports/freeclimbing_e.html (135 words)

	MAS Rock Climbing Seminars
		In addition, there will be plenty of time for free climbing and honing your movement skills on face and steep crack climbing.
		For many experienced climbers, lead climbing is the pinnacle of both the physical and mental aspects of the sport.
		If you are currently lead climbing and wish to learn the skills necessary to venture into multi-pitch terrain, then this is the course for you.
	www.mtadventure.com /pages/rock/rock_seminars.html (914 words)

	Rock Climbing Equipment and Techniques (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		HE SPORT of free climbing---climbing rocks using equipment for safety only---has grown very popular: hundreds of thousands of people practice the sport in the U.S. alone.
		Detailed knowledge of safety equipment is crucial for safe climbing, however, and requires an attention to detail absent in many other sports.
		In the other technique, lead climbing, the climber attaches the rope to the rock at points along the climb.
	alumnus.caltech.edu /~sedwards/climbing (273 words)

	Climbing on the Costa Blanca - Information and Free Climbing Topos
		Climbing is possible all year, even on the mountain crags.
		In summer, although the heat around midday can be fierce, climbing on North facing crags is very pleasant as the humidity is usually very low.
		They are by far the most experienced climbing school in the area.
	www.abdet.com /climbing (452 words)

	Climbing Harter-Climbing
		Rock Climbing 101 gives you modern up to date climbing techniques to get you up and going to accomplish the next route on your tick list.
		After a long day of rock or ice climbing, there is nothing like a great meal, a nice bottle of wine, a comfortable seat around a cozy fire, and good company.
		You can use it to view your favorite climbing pictures, take notes, keep tract of climbing routes, number of pitches, grade, ratings, climbing gear needed for route, type of climbing, and just about any other form of climbing beta you could think of.
	harter-climbing.aci.net (219 words)

	Climbing: Sunburn-free Climbing - ALTREC.COM
		Indoor climbing gyms are probably the best places to learn to climb, especially when you’re working long days, or battling fickle weather.
		Artificial climbing walls aren’t quite as abundant as Starbucks, but at last count there are 400 to 500 in the U.S. Look for indoor walls at climbing gyms, health clubs, and schools, as well as cruise ships, amusement parks and fairs.
		Intro to climbing classes usually cost $15 to $30.
	www.altrec.com /published/climb/howtos/sunburnfreeclimbing (804 words)

	Caldwell Frees Nose and Freerider in a Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Caldwell fell twice in the dark on pitch 28 (5.12b) as fatigue began to catch up with him, but he shook it off to redpoint the pitch and continue without falls to the summit.
		Chris McNamara has posted an excellent first-hand account of the climb at http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?topic_id=114312andf=0andb=0, from which some details in this report were drawn.
		In all, the Nose-Freerider combination has 65 pitches, or approximately 6,000 feet, of free climbing, including nine pitches of 5.12, one of 5.13 and one 5.14a, plus dozens of burly 5.10 and 5.11 pitches.
	climbing.com /news/nosefreeride (370 words)

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