Climbing Sports

Sports in which the athlete ascends a rock face or a built wall using hands and feet, scored by height reached, speed or the successful completion of set problems. Rock climbing is the type case, practised outdoors on natural rock and in competition on artificial walls governed by the International Federation of Sport Climbing. Every sport filed in this group belongs to the Gymnastics and Strength Sports category and has its own entry in the Sport and Games Atlas, from which a reader can follow links on to its leading athletes, its competitions and the governing bodies that set its rules.