Climbing garden

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Climber in the climbing garden, " top rope " secured

A climbing garden is a climbing facility on natural rock faces, in quarries or on buildings. Sometimes rope courses are also referred to as climbing courses.

construction

Suitable rocks and walls are prepared with bolts , deflectors and other securing devices in such a way that sport climbers can secure themselves with little effort and climb with comparatively little objective dangers (e.g. falling rocks ).

The climbing routes are classified according to difficulty . The classifications differ within Europe and also within Germany. However, these classifications are only guidelines, as it also depends on physical conditions such as B. the size matters whether a route is easy or not. This distinguishes the climbing garden from other climbing facilities, which are often planned so that as many people as possible can walk the routes.

The routing of the routes and their degree of difficulty can be taken from topos , some of which are available on the Internet, but are usually summarized in climbing guides for an entire climbing area .

In order to develop a rock wall as a climbing garden, an erector and maintainer of the climbing facility is usually required. These builders / maintainers are mostly sections of the local alpine clubs or other clubs active in the field of climbing, sometimes also committed individuals. Climbing gardens are also used for commercial purposes by mountaineering schools for holding climbing courses. This assumes that the environment is relatively safe and that there are correspondingly easy routes.

In the Alps there are some climbing gardens near Alpine Club huts and are set up and maintained by their hut owners.

procedure

Climbers abseiling

In climbing gardens, the routes are often steep, right up to overhangs where the incline is greater than 90 °.

Usually the routes are only climbed upwards. At the highest point of the route there is a so-called diverter , for example a fixed snap hook into which the rope is hung. This allows the belayer to lower the climber. Sometimes it is possible or necessary from the route exit and go down via a footpath.

Visitors

Since there are fastening options for securing devices (e.g. express sets ) in climbing gardens , relatively safe climbing is also possible for inexperienced people and children. Outside of climbing gardens, a securing point has to be built by yourself, sometimes very laboriously, e.g. B. by jamming wedges in rock crevices or tying slings around rock ledges.

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