As you asked, "The Sport" of rock climbing:
1880s : The Sport of Rock Climbing begins in the Lake District and Wales in Great Britain , Saxony near Dresden, and the Dolomites. W. P. Haskett Smith is frequently called the Father of Rock Climbing in the British Isles, and Oskar Schuster was an early climber at Elbsandsteingebirge.
For the History of rock climbing:
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rock_climbingFor indoor rock climbing:
The skinny: Rock carvings in China from 300 B.C. depict men climbing rocks, but modern man invented indoor rock climbing. A physical education professor in the UK constructed the first artificial climbing wall in 1964. Since then the sport has taken off in many countries, especially in urban areas where the weather or environment isn't conducive to outdoor climbing. Sounds familiar.
* http://www.centerstagechicago.com/recreation/articles/so-you-wanna-rock-climb.html
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∙ 2008-10-02 05:47:04Anonymous
Answer.
Indoor rock climbing is not a extreme sport. Outdoor rock climbing is
Rock climbing is not a sport at all nor is it competitive. It would be classes as an activity.
No doubt that man has been climbing throughout the centuries, but rock climbing as we know the sport today started in the Victorian Age. Wikipedia gives the start date as in the 1880's.
Rock climbing is a sport. As with any sport you do not do anything else whilst engaged in that sport. Particularly so with extreme and dangerous sports.
Rock Climbing
yes
It is a hobby or sport which is based on climbing ice just like rock climbing.
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rock climbing
False.
The term chipping is used in sport climbing, which is a form of rock climbing. In the sport of golf, the term 'chip shot' is often used.
Indoor rock climbing was invented as a way for professional climbers to train during the off season. It gradually has become commercialized and mainstream.