There’s a purity to sport climbing. By removing the need to protect a route during the ascent, the climber is free to focus on the puzzle posed by the rock before them. This puzzle is broadly the same ...
Achieving a redpoint is one of the holy grails of rock climbing. If you follow developments in sport climbing or the world’s elite climbers, you’ll probably be at least familiar with the term.
Sport climbing consists of three separate disciplines: speed, bouldering and lead. At the last Olympics, one single combined event was held that incorporated all three disciplines. For the 2024 ...