10 fun facts about climbing to convince you to give the sport a go
So here I am, back again with another post trying to get you to fall in love with climbing as much as I do. This time I am going to share with you 10 facts about climbing in hopes to try and convince you to give it a go :)
Rock Climbing is great for a full-body workout and is estimated to burns around 500 to 900 calories per hour. A 1997 study by the British Journal of Sports Medicine showed that the heart rate and the energy output of rock climbers on an indoor climbing wall were similar to those running at the speed of 8-11 minutes per mile.
There are about 20 different holds used in indoor rock climbing gyms known by various names such as crimps, volume, sloper, pocket, jug, and edge. Polyurethane resin is used to make most rock climbing holds.
Bouldering was first reported in Fontainebleau, near Paris in the mid 20th century.
Rock climbing is known to heal the fear of high altitudes. Many people climb for this very purpose. The fear of heights (acrophobia) and the fear of falling (basophobia) can be reduced, if not completely vanished. Why not give it a go to see if it helps you to get over your fears!
Rock Climbing was first recognized as a sport in the 1880s when a mountain called Napes Needle was scaled by Walter Parry Hackett Smith.
The invention of the nylon rope and carabiners occurred in the 1940s due to their usefulness in World War 2.
A climbing wall called Schurman Rock was built in Seattle in 1939, and it is believed to be the first artificial climbing wall ever built
There are over 500 rock climbing gyms in the UK.
Bouldering becomes highballing after 15 feet (approximately 4.5 meters)
The Lake District in the UK and Fontainebleau in France are home to two of the World’s oldest bouldering areas.
