What is rockclimbing?

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So, what is Rockclimbing, who are rockclimbirs and for what reason do they climb?!

Rockclimbing is gymnastic process based on the coordination skills. Rockclimbing is traditionally associated with mountaineering but at the present time rockclimbing is not so dependant on its parent. Rockclimbing is a kind of gymnastic with all the moves build on the balance and coordination, in the rockclimbing technic there is a minimum power consuming elements such as pull ups for example, the qualities which are developing first in rockclimbing are control of your body, balance and coordination. Rockclimbing is an ability to distribute the body weight between points of rest which are permanently the feet of the climber. On the quality of that skill depends his capacity for holding and fixing his body on the tiniest holds on the surface of the rock.

One of the most popular mistakes is that for the rockclimber the power and strength of the fingers is essential quality - that is absolutely wrong. You may crash coins with your fingers, but you won't climb anything worth because of that! Power of your fingers has nothing to do with rockclimbing, first of all you have to learn how to put your feet correctly and fix your body in the correct position - it is balance, most precise and necessary thing in rockclimbing. Strength will come later, it comes together with the strengthening of your joints and ligaments, everything in its own time, but the balance and coordination first. Another popular mistake is to think rockclimbing is dangerous and risky kind of extreme. Wrong again! As for how dangerous is the rockclimbing - statistics tell us the truth - it is less dangerous than tennis! You don't believe? Just check the Internet! The obvious danger of falling down from height is only hypothetical - it can be compared with the possibility of getting drowned in the swimming pool - it exists, but quite few people can perform that.
All that illusions about rockclimbing are the result of lack of information and common ignorance, which connects two different activities into one, with mixing their specific features. To avoid most common errors, one should understand, that mountain climbing and rockclimbing are different activities, on no account not excluding each other, but somehow overlapping, such as wind surfing and scuba diving...

Rockclimbing is one of the best way to keep your body in active and fit condition. Rockclimbing is various and fascinating fitness, easy and direct way to develop such qualities as coordination, balance, power endurance the Culture of Moving. There is no limit of age for rockclimbing exercises - in our Rockclimbing School the children of 5-6 years old climb, and their grand parents of 70 climb together with them!

Rockclimbing is a kind of sport, which took its birth in the Mountaineering, but coming out of the mountains and existing nowadays as quite independent activity. Although in the mountain climbing technic, rockclimbing is one of the important parts, the process which we call the Rockclimbing has nothing to do with getting far away to the majestic summits. In the present days, for most of its lovers, rockclimbing is advanced kind of fitness, relatively safe, homely kind of sport, very popular everywhere, even in absolutely non mountain countries.

There is a dozen of big climbing gyms in Moscow, and thousands of climbers come there every day to put off the burden of boring office day and plunge into the world of power moves and tricky vertical routes.

Why do the people love rockclimbing? First of all, rockclimbing is unique in its own way kind of activity which develops equally both physical and intellectual abilities of the climber. At first sight it may seem as there is nothing more as the phenomenal finger power is necessary to scramble the tiniest holds of overhanging wall - and this is the most common error about rockclimbing!

Experienced rockclimber before he starts his ascent, will think through all the route, will count the moves, think over the tactical side of the ascent - where to climb fast, where to stop and recover before the specially hard move. In tactical aspect rockclimbing is very like playing chess - always you have to think on couple of moves ahead. But physically rockclimbing is not playing chess at all - for climbing the rock, both natural or artificial you need to develop your body, to teach it to feel the precise balance... It is not based on the finger strength as many ignorant people think about rockclimbing! If the technic is correct and you understand the inside philosophy of the Rockclimbing - the load is smoothly distributed through all your body - that is the main and unique feature of rockclimbing, which makes it so different from the other sports: rockclimbing develops not only some defined groups of muscles but harmoniously forms whole body and strengthens the mind.

Lets sum. As it comes from written above, rockclimbing is a very good way and stimulation to keep yourself in the good physical condition, it is new friends and great possibility of passing your leisure with good amount of the profit for your health.

So, if you are not converted yet - come, climb with us! :)
Climb high.
Climb Safe.
Climb with us.  

Text — Alexey Trubachev, founder of the MCS AlexClimb mountaineering and climbing school.

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