Climbing is the activity of using one's hands, feet, or any other part of the body to ascend a steep object. It is done for locomotion, recreation and competition, in trades that rely on it, and in emergency rescue and military operations. It is done indoors and out, on natural and man-made structures.
In rock climbing, mountaineering, and other climbing disciplines, climbers give a grade to a climbing route or boulder problem, intended to describe concisely the difficulty and danger of climbing it. Different types of climbing each have their own grading systems, and many nationalities developed their own, distinctive grading systems.
Climbing protection is any of a variety of devices employed to reduce risk and protect others while climbing rock and ice. It includes such items as nylon webbing and metal nuts, cams, bolts, and pitons.
The International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation, commonly known by its French name Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme was founded in August 1932 in Chamonix, France when 20 mountaineering associations met for an alpine congress. Count Charles Egmond d’Arcis, from Switzerland, was chosen as the first president and it was decided by the founding members that the UIAA would be an international federation which would be in charge of the "study and solution of all problems regarding mountaineering". The UIAA Safety Label was created in 1960 and was internationally approved in 1965 and currently (2015) has a global presence on five continents with 86 member associations in 62 countries representing over 3 million people.
A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topographic terms acme, apex, peak, and zenith are synonymous.
Torre Egger is one of the mountains of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in South America. It is located in a region which is disputed between Argentina and Chile, west of Cerro Chalten. The peak is between Cerro Torre, the highest in a four mountain chain and Cerro Stanhardt. It is named after the austrian alpinist Toni Egger (1926-1959), who died while attempting neighboring Cerro Torre.
Andres Marin is a competitive ice climber. He was born in Ibagué, Colombia and graduated from the Champagnat High School. He moved to the United States where he found his passion for climbing in all types of terrain. He has represented the United States in the Ice Climbing World Cup that takes place in Europe. He also is pursuing his guide certification through the American Mountain Guides Association.
The Blaueis is the northernmost glacier in the Alps and lies within the municipality of Ramsau in the Bavarian part of the Berchtesgaden Alps. The glacier lies on the exposed north-facing slopes in the upper Blaueis cirque, nestling between the rock faces of the Blaueisspitze (2480 m), Hochkalter (2607 m) and Kleinkalter (2513 m), which ring the glacier in a horseshoe shape.
The IFSC Climbing World Championships are the biennial world championships for competition climbing organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC). This event determines the male and female world champions in the three disciplines of sport climbing: lead climbing, bouldering, and speed climbing. Since 2012, a Combined ranking is also determined, for climbers competing in all disciplines, and additional medals are awarded based on that ranking.
Ľadový štít is the third highest of the Tatra Mountains, in Slovakia, and in the whole 1,500 km (930 mi) long Carpathian mountain chain, as well as in northern and eastern Central Europe.
Taulliraju is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 5,830 metres (19,127 ft) high. It is located between the provinces of Huaylas and Pomabamba in the region of Ancash. Taulliraju lies inside Huascarán National Park, south east of Pucajirca and east of Rinrijirca.
The IFSC Climbing European Championships are the biennial European championships for competition climbing organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC). The first competition was held in Frankfurt in 1992.
A normal route or normal way is the most frequently used route for ascending and descending a mountain peak. It is usually the simplest route.
The Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) is a non governmental sports organisation for the promotion of mountaineering, climbing and mountain related other adventure activities in Pakistan. In addition to this the club serves as the national sports governing body for the sport of mountaineering and climbing in Pakistan.
Nihal Sarkar is an Indian ice climber who was the only Indian to participate in the 2016 UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup, held in South Korea. He made his competition debut during the Asian Championships in Cheongsong, South Korea.
The UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour is an annual cup organized by UIAA. Individual world cup competitions take place outside in the winter.
It is a series of cups around the globe.
The Ice Climbing World Championship is a bi-annual international competition of ice climbing.
Mohammad Reza Safdarian Korouyeh is an Iranian Rock climber and Ice climber. Safdarian has won the first Gold medal in Iran′s ice climbing history in the Ice Climbing World Tour at Rabenestin, Italy, and a Bronze medal in 2018 UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour. The International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation named him as the "History Boy". He has participated in 19 World Cups, World Championships and Asian Championships since 2013.
The IFSC Climbing Asian Championships or Asian Sport Climbing Championships are annual Asian championships for competition climbing organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC). Until 2006, it was called UIAA Asian Championships. Then, from 2007 onwards it was called IFSC Asian Championships.
