Some Keypoints in Rock Climbing History

400 BC

400

Watercolor paintings in China depict men climbing rocks

First time ropes were used to climb rocks

Jan 1, 1695

Initially used by Martin Martin of Scotland to climb St. Kilda.

Rock Climbing becomes a sport

Jan 1, 1800

No specified date, rock climbing becomes recognized as a sport in the 19th century.

First Carabiner

Jan 1, 1910

Otto Herzog designed the first steel carabiner made for climbing

First Indoor Wall

Jan 1, 1964

The first wall was created iat Leeds University by Don Robinson,

Sport Climbing

Jan 1, 1983

Alan Watts introduces sport climbing to the US