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ESCALADE VITESSE [1 record]

Record 1 2012-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
DEF

A race between climbers to see who can get to the top the fastest.

CONT

Speed climbing makes you a better climber. You improve your technique and climb more efficiently. Your rope management skills improve. You get stronger and have more endurance. You learn to evaluate gear and create anchors faster. And you do more climbing in every day.

OBS

The climbs are not necessarily always done in a competition format, but by climbing to beat previous time records that exist at a certain location.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
CONT

Cette compétition permettra aux grimpeurs juniors des trois Amériques de s'affronter dans les trois volets de l'escalade qui seront présentés : l’escalade de vitesse, de difficulté et de bloc.

CONT

L’escalade de vitesse est déjà pratiquée très sérieusement dans de nombreux pays de l’Est de l’Europe, et en Asie, avec des équipes entières spécialisées uniquement dans cette discipline de l’escalade [...]

Spanish

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