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People climb everything from boulders to mountains, and everything in between, including buildings and trees. Climbing and climbs can be categorized into different disciplines that theCrag calls route gear styles. While some resources tend to mix up ascent styles (Tipos de Ticks) and climbing styles, theCrag makes a clear distinction between the two.
The ascent style or tick type defines how you climbed a specific climb whereas the route gear style defines what climbing style is the most common style to ascend a specific climb. In other words, the route gear style asks the question:
Or put another way, if I only have a certain amount of gear - what routes can I climb?
Answering this question is quite obvious for many climbs but it still remains challenging in certain cases. What is the boundary between an Alpine Climb and an Ice Climb? When do we change an Aid Route to a Trad or Mixed Trad Route after it has been freed? How do we handle a Sport Route that is being green pointed? To name just a few.
Luckily, the approach taken by theCrag to distinguish between ascent style and climbing style allows to cover most cases. You may free solo a trad climb, green point a sport route or top rope a boulder.
The following table lists the color coded route gear styles used on theCrag with a short description and the typical gear required. Note that this list is just to demonstrate the core differences between the gear used in each climbing style and is by no means meant to be a complete list of gear required to climb a specific route!
Escalada tradicionalVoltar a conteúdo
Escalada trad ou tradicional consiste em escalar vias onde proteções móveis são utilizadas para assegurar uma possível queda quando guiando. Leia mais no nosso artigo Introduction to Rock Climbing.
Gear characterising trad climbing styleVoltar a conteúdo
Sapatilha de escalada, harness, rope (single rope or twin ropes), belay device, chalk, quickdraws e trad-rack (friends, wires, hexes e cams).Mixed traditional climbingVoltar a conteúdo
Some trad routes use bolts to protect parts of the climb. Traditional climbing gear is still required for the other parts. This is what is called mixed traditional or mixed trad climbing on theCrag.
Gear characterising mixed trad climbing styleVoltar a conteúdo
Sapatilha de escalada, harness, rope (single rope or twin ropes), belay device, chalk, quickdraws e trad-rack (friends, wires, hexes e cams).Remark: set this style by choosing Trad and entering the number of bolts.
Sport climbingVoltar a conteúdo
Sport climbing involves climbing routes that are equipped with permanently fixed protection such as pre-installed bolts and anchors. Read more in our article Introduction to Rock Climbing.
Gear characterising sport climbing styleVoltar a conteúdo
Sapatilha de escalada, harness, rope, belay device, chalk e quickdraws.Top rope climbingVoltar a conteúdo
Top roping means that the rope is already set up through an anchor at the top of the climb prior to the climber getting on the wall.
While you may top rope almost any route this gear style is only applied if a route can ONLY be done as a top rope. See also Adding and Editing Routes regarding the Top Rope Access flag.
Gear characterising top rope climbing styleVoltar a conteúdo
Sapatilha de escalada, harness, rope, belay device e chalk.BoulderingVoltar a conteúdo
Bouldering is climbing without rope at heights that typically allow you to safely jump down back to the ground. Read more in our article Introduction to Rock Climbing.
Gear characterising boulder climbing styleVoltar a conteúdo
Sapatilha de escalada, chalk e crash pads.Deep water soloingVoltar a conteúdo
Deep Water Soloing (DWS) or psico bloc is climbing over a deep body of water. In certain cases you may top out from a climb but typically you end up getting wet.
Gear characterising deep water solo climbing styleVoltar a conteúdo
Sapatilha de escalada e chalk.Aid climbingVoltar a conteúdo
Aid climbing is a style of climbing in which standing on or pulling oneself up via devices attached to fixed or placed protection is used to make upward progress.
Gear characterising aid climbing styleVoltar a conteúdo
Footwear (approach shoes or mountain boots), harness, rope, belay device, trad-rack (friends, wires, hexes e cams) e aid equipment (étriers, bashies, sky hooks, RURPs e rope ladders).Alpine climbingVoltar a conteúdo
Alpine climbing is a style of climbing in which the primary aim is very often to reach the summit of a mountain typically through different terrain (rock, snow, ice). On theCrag we DO NOT consider climbs that are pure , or climbs climbs just because they are in an alpine setting.
Gear characterising alpine climbing styleVoltar a conteúdo
Mountain boots, harness, rope (single rope or twin ropes) e ice equipment (snow stakes, straight shaft tools e ice-axes).Ice climbingVoltar a conteúdo
Ice climbing is a style of roped and protected climbing of features such as icefalls, frozen waterfalls, and cliffs and rock slabs covered with ice refrozen from flows of water.
Gear characterising ice climbing styleVoltar a conteúdo
Footwear (mountain boots e crampons), harness, rope (single rope or twin ropes), belay device e ice equipment (ice-axes e ice-screws).Via ferrataVoltar a conteúdo
Via ferratas typically follow a steel cable that is fixed every few meters to the rock through extended rock faces. Using a via ferrata kit, climbers can secure themselves to the cable, limiting any fall. The cable as well as additionally installed climbing aids, such as iron rungs, pegs, carved steps, and even ladders and bridges can also be used as an aid for climbing.
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Gear characterising via ferrata climbing styleVoltar a conteúdo
Footwear (approach shoes, mountain boots or sneakers) e via ferrata kit (shock absorbing slings e crab claws).UnknownVoltar a conteúdo
An unknown style - only used when you don't actually know. If a route is maybe trad or sport, and definitely not the others, then set it to trad rather than unknown and then change it to sport later if needed.
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