Like how do they get the pegs in the rock hundreds of feet up the cliff if they’re at the bottom? I don’t get it.
Like if someone starts out at the base of a mountain with all the shit you need, ropes, pulleys, hooks and metal rods to stick into the rock, how do they manage to get their rods in the rock to climb in the first place? It makes sense if someones been there before and have put the rods in the rock before them, but how do the “FIRST ONES” do it?
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What your thinking of is sport climbing, routs with protection placed into the rock so climbers only need to clip on. These routs will have usually been climbed first in the traditional (trad climbing) method. Where climbers use I variety of nuts and cams to place their own protection in the rock. In this case the first climber (lead climber) will place the gear and the climber following behind will collect it on their way up.
Check out the film Valley Uprising. Awesome film ever if your not super into rock climbing
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