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| | Climbing at Outdoor Sporting Goods |
 | | 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. |
 | | Climbing has evolved from the cliff dwellings of the Anasazis, to the modern-day, hundred-foot-tall artificial climbing walls of the professional climbing circuit. |
 | | By the mid 1800's, climbing had developed into a recreational pastime, with equipment consisting mainly of: an alpenstock (a large walking stick with a metal tip), a primitive form of an instep crampon, and a large, thick, and usually weak rope. |
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