The first what people say on Rock Climbing is:"Are you nuts? That is too dangerous!" But do not let these comments stop you to have a go on Rock Climbing. Once you hvae done it, you know why so many are addicted to Rock Cliimbing     Here we have tried to list some reasons why people love rock climbing so much
    Rock Climbing is never boring - There are so many routes to climb. And if you got enough from the crags(or the weather) in your country, then there are many more challenging and beautiful walls and crags elsewhere.
    Ultimate Physical Challenge - Each day on the rock is an opportuinity for you to go beyond the skills you already have. you should push yourself each time (yes, again and again and again) on the rock. Explore new and more difficult routes. Depending on your physical ability and on your own level of risk acceptance, you will see that no grade is tough enough.
     Adventure and Freedom - It is also the sense of adventure and freedom what most climbers get going. The feeling that you are able to go whenever you want and whereever you want is great.
     Beautiful Nature and Sceneries: When looking for new routes to climb, the climber will come across unexpectedly beautiful sceneries and nature. And also keep in mind, that once you've reached the top you have an breathtaking view of the surroundings, that not many people will see.

Traditional Rock Climbing

    A Traditional Rock Climber or 'A Trad climber' is given to any roped climber who ascends a piece of rock placing protection, like nuts and hexes, as he goes to ensyre his safety. The protection, also called 'Pro' is placed in the rocks weaknesses such as a crack or a rock spur. The rope you carry is attached to you via a sit harness you are wear the other end of the rope is attached to your climbing partner. As you climb up your partner feeds out the rope as you need it through a belay device

Sport Climbing

     Sport Climbing is very similar to Traditional Rock Climbing except for the differences in the gear. You still have the same rope technique but the protection is already in place in the form of bolts. Instead of using "nuts" and "friends" you have "quick draws" which is a short sling with a carabiner on each end. Sport Climbing is mostly face climbing and tens to stay to shorter climbs not much longer than two pitches or rope lengths. In addition, with the danger element removed, emphasis can be placed on technique and doin hard moves.

Bouldering

     If you boulder your feet may never get more that a few feet of the ground. You do not have a rope attached to you nor any other form of protection (except may be a mat fall on!!!) BOuldering is a very explosive Type of Climbing. When Bouldering you do what are called "Bouldering Challenges". The solution to these Bouldering Challenges are a series of moves and you can do them over and over again until you get it without hurting yourself as you are just a few feet off the ground. Since you are just a few feet of the ground you can try insane moves that you would most likely would not try on a climb when you are 50-60 feet off the ground.

Solo Climbing

     Soloing is the freest form of climbing in the sense that you have only you up there with the birds and the breeze. it is a kind of extended form of Bouldering, but then it is totally different. Instead of focussng on your moves, the Solo Climber is totally committed to reach the summit. And the Solo Climber is to fall, it would mean that they would most likely die.

Mountaineering

     Mountaineering is the thrill to reach mountain tops. Mountaineering requires a combination os skills. For example to reach the peak of Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain on the African continent, you will start in the jungle under hot and humid conditions. Then quickly it gets steeper and colder, making you to use you rock cimb skills and ice skills in the fullest.*

Ice Climbing

     Using ice tools, as efficiently as possible, a climber will be able to climb vertical ice, like frozen waterfalls. Ice Axes, crampons etc. are the main tools the ice climber uses. In addition to the difference in equipment, the nature of the medium that is to be climbed differs greatly as well. WHile the quality of rock varies little over the year, ice, on the other hand, exhibits daily even hourly mutations

Indoor Climbing

     Indoor Climbing came form people wanting to train yea round or duration adverse condition like when it is raining. Today howevr, indoor climbing is much more than that. Climbing competitons are done on indoor climbing walls and the walls are even sometimes moved out side. Indoor climbing provides a great opportunity to learn to climb in a very controlled environment. There are even people today that have been climbing for years now and never climbed on the real rock.

a) Rope

     As the Rope of a Sport Climber undergoes a lot of stress, quality is very important. Independent what type of climber you are, you should always check that your rope is UIAA-rated. Always use single ropes between 10.5mm and 11mm in diameter. The length of the rope should be atleast 50 meter, since many new sport routes feature anchors 30 meters off the deck. A dry-treatment is not necessary. But in order to protect your rope of chemicals, dirt, and the sun, a rope bag is very useful. This extends its life by many pitches

b) Harness

     Choose a Lightweight Harness with a Belay Loop and 2 to 4 Gear Loops. Padding is ok, but it is not really necessary.

c) Rock Climbing Shoes

     Beginners should choose lace up climbing shoes as thes have thicker soles. Many climbers recommend choosing your rock climbing shoes 1 to 2 sizes smaller than the size you would normally wear, but as beginner you do need to make sure you still feel comfortable with it.
Advanced climber can go for slippers. Slippers have thinner soles and make you feel the rocks more than lace up shoes.

d) Belay Device and Locking Carabiner

     As a beginner you should choose a Belay Plate with an Autolocking Carabinerthat has a very firm brake action, but still allows your rope to feed quickly in and out. If you start to climb more often, you can opt for a self-locking belay device. This device is not suitable for beginners, as the rope tends quite often to jam in this device if not properly used.

e) Helmet

     Buy a dedicated climbing helmet that is either (or both) UIAA or CEN certified.

f) Quickdraws

     If you need to lead a climb and therefore need to setup a number of top ropes that are anchored to bolts, trees, or large rocks, you will need a number of quickdraws, preferably 12 or more. Each should have a straight-gate carabiner at one end for clipping the bolt hanger, and either a bent-gate or wire-gate biner on the other end to accept the rope easily.

     As a beginner's climber you might wonder why you should learn to tie knots and in what situations you should use them. Orhow you should decide to Learn which Knots. Here we try to give some answers on these questions you have.

The Rope is a key Tool in Climbing. Without knowing your Knots, you will not be able to use your Rope safely.

     As Climbers are trusting their lives to Knots that they tie in ropes, it is wise to have an idea of strengths of the main knots that are being used. As explained in the What You Need chapter, Knots in a rope will always reduce the breaking strength of a rope and therefore the Safe Working Load. A low Knot Breaking Strength will therefore be a characteristic of a good knot. In each description of all the knots on, the breaking strength are indicated.

However, this is not the only criteria. Which knots you should learn depends on many factors.