Thursday, April 24, 2008

climbing vocabulary: free climbing

I am sure you have heard it before. I constantly do. This story  (http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=6088297) is just a recent repetition. I also constantly hear it in the gym. People do not understand what a free climbing is. The term free is very confusing to those who do not pay attention but just hear it from somewhere.

Climbing can be free from aid, free from falls, a rope-free and whatelse. You just can't take such a general term and hope it will stick only to a specific context. 

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