General Safety Skills...
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Choosing the Right Climbing Helmet
A proper climbing helmet is an essential piece of protective equipment that should be worn whenever you are out climbing. It will protect your head should you fall or...
Climbing Strength Training & Conditioning
Rock climbing is not an activity which you can truly enter into without having at least undertaken some physical conditioning training and the more...
Dangers of Hypothermia & Hypoxia When Climbing
Any climb or walk that exposes you to extremely cold conditions can put you at risk of suffering from hypothermia or hypoxia if you’re not prepared...
Different Climbing Rope Knots
If you are going rock climbing, then in addition to carrying a rope, you’re going to have to know how to use it which means learning all about the various knots that...
Effective Communication
Effective communication skills between team members are absolutely crucial to the success of any rock climbing or mountaineering expedition but the success of the...
Fitness and Nutrition
To become an active participant in physical sports you need to have a decent level of physical fitness balanced with a careful diet to not only maintain your optimum...
Harness Considerations
There are many different designs of climbing harnesses .Most harnesses which are used in rock climbing are worn around the waist although you can also buy chest and...
Hazards of Rock Slides and How to Deal With Them
The risk of falling rocks is one of the most common dangers to rock climbers and mountaineers which is why it’s imperative that you wear an approved...
Injury Prevention
As in any sport, rock climbers will inevitably suffer from their fair share of bumps and bruises but many common injuries like muscle strains and tears etc could be...
Know Your Limits
Wherever you turn in the great outdoors Mother Nature appears to be throwing down the gauntlet. But these natural challenges, as any caver, climber or mountain biker...
Leading a Group
So many of us are able to enjoy our love of the outdoors and our participation in adventure sports activities because at some point somebody took the time and effort to...
Outdoor Survival
The major reasons people find it difficult to survive in the outdoors in an emergency situation is down to their lack of understanding about the basics of survival...
