Climbing

All about Climbing

By Lu and Vi

We are rock climbers and are looking to popularize the sport.

Recently rock climbing was added to the Olympics in August of 2020. The winners were 18 year old Janja Garnbret from Spain for womens and 18 year old Alberto Gines Lopez from Spain for mens. The 3 types of climbing in the Olympics are speed climbing, lead climbing and bouldering.

A cool fact about climbing is that a 13 year old climber Ashima Sharishi, climbed the hardest and longest route in the world, the Dawn Wall. The Dawn Wall is more than a half mile tall and was made by Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson.

Another cool fact is that Libor Hroza ascended a 15 meter (49-foot) speed course in 5.73 seconds during a competition in Italy.

In England rock climbing began as a recognized sport in the 1880s.

We climb at Adventure Rock on the Adventure Rock climbing team. Adventure Rock has teams for everyone. We know many people who are on the Adventure Rock team including Atwater and Lake Bluff students. Rock climbing is an amazing sport and we hope you try it out soon!