Rock Climbing is a sport or adventure that can be called directly in contact with nature. Although in some cases also sometimes competed with the use of artificial climbing wall. Rock Climbing is the development of the sport or mountaineering adventure. Rock Climbing is usually used in mountain climbing event when it was discovered the cliff wall that could not be reached by normal means.

Rock Climbing adventure sport or generally must be equipped with special equipment for climbing equipment plus equipment safety equipment. Major equipment such as a rope, carabiner nail, and stone walls (python). Other equipment that are supporting is Climbing Shoes, Helmet, Harnes (fastener body), Ascender and Descender (equipment on hand and a rope to go up and down), magnesium carbonate powder, etc..

Rock climbing is sometimes separated from Climbing the Mountain, and its form the extreme sport quite challenging, risky and actually very dangerous. The dangers faced by virtually unknown because direct contact with nature (stone walls). This sport requires physical strength hands and feet, body flexibility, stamina, and mental readiness are adequate. Also needed are also other mental abilities such as: ingenuity, precision, teamwork, skills and experience. Experience is very helpful because the more knowledge about the type of stone wall facing the better.

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Rock Climbing in Indonesia quite popular especially for college students and young age, where the location of the stone wall for rock climbing can be found in Citatah-Padalarang Bandung, Bukittinggi-Sumatra, Carstensz-Pyramide Papua, Ciampea-Bogor, Palangkaraya- Kalimantan.

Then at school or at university often artificial stone walls are often found to practice and sometimes competed. Rock Climbing if done in a way the right way and in accordance with regulations to be an interesting exercise. Types of Rock Climbing, among others, Artificial Climbing, climbing is conducted entirely dependent on equipment and free Climbing, climbing done manually fully rely on the ability of supporting climbers and equipment only.

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