Climbing has its own language. Let's first start off with the basic vocab and then we’ll work our way on the more technical terms and concepts.
So what is sport climbing? Sport climbing is primarily face climbing, using free plays permanent bolts that are drilled into rock for protection. Trad climbing or traditional climbing is primarily crack climbing using removable, non-permanent devices for protection.
Bouldering is primarily face climbing without a rope relatively close to the ground using a crash pad for protection. A route is a climb that is recognized to be a definite path up the rock and is usually assigned a name and difficulty rating.
Top roping is climbing with a rope already in the buggy for protection. This is the safest form of climbing. Leading is climbing while clipping in the protection on the way up. It is the primary objective of sport climbing.
Descending is the ultimate goal on sport climbing. It is the act of climbing or out from bottom to top without falling. Beta, directions, or information on where to go or how to do specific moves on a route. On every route, there's a specific hard section, this is the crux.
Now, that you know the basic vocabulary used in sport climbing, let's talk about the basic hardware. First, you have the carabiner, next a piece of leading, two carabiners on a piece of leading, the quick draw. Take a quick draw, clip it on the hanger, it's attached to the bolt, it's drilled into the rock permanently.
On the other end of the rope, you have a belay device. The two types of belay devices are the automatic locking gri gri and the manual locking reverso. Now, you know the basics. So find some rocks to climb.
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