rock climbing

Part history and part memoir, Smoot's book uses his personal experiences as a climber and freelance rock-climbing magazine writer as the vehicle to narrate the sport's rocky transition from the purview of a few grizzled climbers to a phenomenon that attracted younger and more eager climbers wanting to climb harder routes once thought impossible to scale.

Coroner Dr Dewi Pritchard Jones said the number of deaths in Snowdonia while rock climbing was "relatively few" and the doctor and Mr Davidson were experienced and competent and enjoyed "quite serious rock-climbing." She knew her limits and they were equipped properly.

This novel may deal with a lot of rock-climbing but it doesn't make it niche, or a book aimed at only climbing-obsessed readers.

A friend of hers brought her along to a rock-climbing trip and it changed her life.

JEDDAH: Yasmin Gahtani, the mother of two who became the first female Saudi certified rock-climbing instructor, now has another dream - to take part in the Tokyo 2020 Games.

(2003) Physiological responses to indoor rock-climbing and their relationship to maximal cycle ergometry.

The former child star, now 24, who previously struggled with alcohol before kicking the habit in 2010, has taken up rock-climbing to keep himself busy.

Climbers tackling an ascent in North Wales in Ashley Abraham's Rock-Climbing in North Wales, 1906

Lauderdale, she goes to a rock-climbing facility to keep up her cliff-clinging skills.

When the trio unwittingly discovers a marijuana plantation, Vanisha must face her toughest rock-climbing challenge yet in an effort to save the life of a friend critically wounded by the bikers who were guarding the illegal drug farm.

Edge of Flight is the toughest rock-climbing route Vanisha has ever faced, and she only has one more chance to conquer it before she starts university.

"Granite, and all of the rocks in the granitic family, are definitely the most sought-after types of stone to climb," says Sarah Garlick, a geologist and rock climber who wrote a guide to the geology of world-famous rock-climbing sites.