free climbing

Free climbing with the use of ropes to prevent a fall.

They survived two nights in the canyon before free climbing out.

The free climbing I was doing is completely dependent on finger strength.

For free climbing, there are many different grading systems varying according to country.

They are considered to be one of the origins of free climbing.

Free climbing an area that overhangs a deep enough body of water to allow for a safe fall.

For example, there are many speed records in which the climb was done according to free climbing ethics.

The following chart compares some of the free climbing grading systems in use around the world.

If the leader falls during free climbing the second is pulled up from their belays station.

He is noted for pushing standards using a purist, free climbing style.

There is very little free climbing possibilities as the rock is compact.

"He brought free climbing to the great ranges."

A visit by international climbers in 1971 saw the standards of free climbing increase at the park, with many new bold routes being led.

There is still some activity, though most of it is bouldering rather than free climbing.

Free climbing requires the climber use only his/her own body's connections to the rock for upward progress.

There are over 150 bolted routes and multiple routes for free climbing.

The focus was on "getting up the climb... and staying alive", whether free climbing or not.

Recreational tree climbers discourage free climbing as too risky.

The term free climbing originally meant "free from aid".

This was at a time when the hardest free climbing grade in the United States was 5.7.

Class 5: Technical free climbing involving rope, belaying, and other protection hardware for safety.

The locals were inspired by his free climbing talent, and repeated many of his routes in the next few years.

Free climbing is now the mainstream of climbing.

Commonly confused with "free soloing" which is a specific form of free climbing done without a rope.