19 February 2010

The start of sport climbing


The History of (Sport) Climbing   02/12/09
 

The Development of Equipment, Wikipedia
1910 The first Climbing Carabiner
1927 The first rock drill and expansion bolts1955 John Gill Introduces Chalk
1975 First sticky shoe on the market, (EB and Asolo etc)
1991 The belay device GriGri
1990s The Crash Pad commercialized


The history of competition climbing  
The very start of sport climbing   08/12/09
 

Click to Enlarge PictureIn 1978, Jacques Nosley drilled bolts manually on Dingomaniaque, 6c+ in Verdon, as he was rappelling down. Some define this as the very start of the sport climbing era. Previously, hand drilled bolts had been placed on lead by pioneers like, Lamberto Camurri.

The rappelling created a big controversy in the community but nevertheless the sport climbing ethics were quickly spread in Europe and came to USA in 1983. Picture from the French magazine, Alpinisme in 1979, the Dingomaniaque!

 

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