

Sport Safe - The Lesser thought of Problems of Sport Climbing
At least on paper, sport climbing should be a pretty safe activity. Protection consists of bolts drilled into the rock that are usually quite strong and often placed with reasonable spacing to prevent the possibility for long falls. Climbs are relatively short and usually top-out at redundant fixed anchors set for an easy transition to get climbers back to the ground. What could go wrong? Most sport climbers learn pretty early on the basics of leader safety. Ideas such as avo