The craze of extreme (0)..........in the 1990s
brought new popularity to climbing. It has also featured in many popular
films, although Hollywood does not always give an (1) .......... picture of
what climbing really involves. There are many different types of climbing,
the most difficult and dangerous one being alpine climbing where climbers
(2)......... days or weeks at a time up mountains, often in (3) ...... ...
conditions. This sort of climbing requires very (4) ......... equipment and
is usually only done by professional climbers with (5)..........of
experience.
However, climbing doesn't have to (6).........
snow and ice and dangerous conditions; it can be a very (7)..........hobby
and something you can do for just a few hours on a Saturday afternoon. At
the other end of the climbing spectrum from alpine climbing is sport climbing.
This can be done indoors or outdoors on climbing walls. These walls vary
from those which are completely (8)..........and which have been designed
and built specially for the purpose to (9)..........occurring rock
formations which have been prepared for climbing with equipment bolted in place.
For beginners the easiest type of climbing is top-roping where the rope is
already in (10)............All you need are climbing shoes, a harness and
an experienced climber or (11)..........to work the belay device and
control the ropes. All this basic equipment can be (12)..........from most
sports centres.
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