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When climbing first became a ”thing”, back in the day, there weren’t much indoor gyms to climb at. Most climbers started climbing outside with ”mentors”, more experienced climbers. Etiquette for climbing outdoors was passed down by word of mouth. And back then, the climbing community was not nearly as diverse in styles and numbers as …
Wearing a helmet while rock climbing is still not as popular as wearing one while doing other sports. Why? And what does Chris Sharma have to do with all this?
It is estimated that between 1000 to 1500 are trying climbing for the first time EVERY day. And this is ONLY in the U.S. Think about it. Every day. That’s alot. True or not, but it seems that rock climbing is BOOMING! Olympic sport and all. Hundreds of new climbing gyms are opened across the …