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Rock climbing is the activity of climbing rock faces, often with the aid of ropes and other special equipments. The aim is to reach an endpoint, or a summit, of a rock face or structure. Depending on the level of difficulty or severity of the climb routes are defined and rated. This also decides the kind of equipment that needs to be used for a certain rock climbing activity.

Strengthens Your Muscles: Rock climbing uses virtually every major muscle group in your body, making it a great whole-body workout. Rock climbing is a low-impact exercise, which means it is easier on your body, particularly your joints, while still being a great full-body workout.

Combats Chronic Disease: Research has proven that 20 minutes or longer of any high intensity activity significantly reduces risk of developing chronic conditions such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes etc. Rock climbing has been shown to be an effective way to battle chronic stress, thus reducing chances of developing stress related ailments.

Improves Your Flexibility: The range of motion involved in a climbing route demands flexibility as it requires climbers to reach, leap and climb to handholds and footholds usually far from a comfortable distance.

Improves stamina and endurance: Although the movements in climbing are relatively low impact but its the combination of the sheer mental focus, muscle strength and risk taking abilities that make a climber hold on longer, tighter than they ever expect to. This increases stamina and builds endurance because when your life depends on it, you push yourself to that out of reach hold.

Low impact on your body: Like any other extreme adventure climbing possesses inherent risks of bodily injuries. The body movements in climbing are rarely repetitive and all the movements that do happen are relatively low impact. There may be the occasional aggressive moves; but those don’t happen often so the impact on the body is negligible.

Relieves stress: Climbing is one of those sports that require extreme mental focus so it is natural that it is an excellent stress reliever and even meditative. The physical exertion also does wonders at getting the endorphins going, making us feel better, and thus reducing our stress levels.

Increases the ability to take calculated risks and sense of ambition: It can be addictive in the sense that it presents different challenges each time even if it’s a route you have conquered before. It provides you with a measurable sense of achievement thus propelling your sense of ambition to achieve more.

Improves problem solving abilities: Climbing involves a ton of problem solving. Most climbing routes present more than one way to tackle it, so by doing them repetitively you’ll solve the problems of which foot to put where and when and how much weight to shift up using which parts of your body.

Promotes Trust: The more you climb, the easier handing over your life into someone else’s hands becomes. Initially it can be unnerving to trust a stranger to belay you, but over a period of time you will learn to trust your climbing buddies.

Is a weather agnostic sport: Most often than not, climbing is a sport that can be done all year round. If not the outdoors, then you can always climb indoors at an indoor rock climbing gym.

There are local climbing groups present in almost major climbing towns. If you are already familiar with climbing techniques and safety methods, you could reach out to them.

If you are beginner, the best way is to get some proper training in rock climbing. Bangalore Adventure School provides rock climbing training in a structure way.