Motivations Behind Rock Climbing

The Activity of Rock Climbing
Introduction
One of the main attractions of climbing is the extraordinary richness of the possibilities. As children, we begin to climb on stairs and furniture, and then progress to playground equipment, fences, trees, and even small boulders (Loughman p.1). Rock climbing has changed greatly throughout the years with new gear, a greater diversity in style, and an expanding population of climbers, making it one of the fastest growing recreational activities out there, expanding in all aspects (A Collection of Thoughts On Climbing).
The Basics of Rock Climbing
Essentially a subset of mountaineering, rock climbing involves scaling rock faces ranging in height from tens of thousands of feet to merely a few inches off the ground. The activity of rock climbing has many subsets itself, all defined by the type of activity in which the climber chooses to engage in. It ranges from the simplest form called bouldering, which requires no equipment as wel...