Sport Climbing

Sport climbing routes have fixed bolted anchors at spaced intervals. As the lead climber climbs the route he clips into the anchor points using a quickdraw (two carabiners connected by a sling of varying length). As the lead climber reaches the top of a climb he connects himself to anchor points, disconnects the rope from his harness and attaches a belay device. Belayer at the bottom of the route removes his belay device and ties the rope into the load bearing point on his harness using a figure 8 knot. Top man belays bottom man as he ascends the route removing quickdraws as he climbs. Requiring the use of quickdraws and lead climbing techniques, sport climbing offers a more technical variant to sport climbing. Just remember that rock climbing is an inherently dangerous hobby so always check and double check all of your gear and anchor points.