There is many different types of Rock Climbing such as Trad Climbing and Bouldering. Trad Climbing involves individuals or groups of people climbing up and down a rock face. There are many competitions and as you get better there are more grades. . As you develop your technique and gain the muscular strength you make light work of the 'problems' that others may find difficult. Rock Climbing has come from many years ago in Victorian mountaineering in the Alps. However, the 'sport' of rock climbing has only really started to begin in the last decade. The main areas of the development in Rock Climbing have happened in the Dolomite's in Italy, Lake District in England and Elbe Sandstone Mountains in Saxony. The goal of Rock Climbing is to reach the summit of the rock face or artificial wall. The first person ever to reach the summit on a solo climb was Walter Parry Haskett Smith who reached the top of Naples Needle in Lake District.
The other type of Rock Climbing is called Bouldering. This is where you climb big boulders without a harness. The route is much smaller and will only usually take a few minutes to reach the 'summit'. However, bouldering is very intense and is much more physical than Trad Climbing. You usually have a crash pad (which is a foam mat) and a spotter (who stands behind you in case you fall). The first man to Boulder was an Englishman, Oscar Eckenstein.
The grading systems increases in difficulty level as follows:
VD S HS VS HVS E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6.
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