The Nepalese government made a new law in 2014 that climbers visiting the
summit of Mt. Everest must each bring down 8 kilograms of waste on their
descent, or they will lose the $4,000 deposit it costs to climb the mountain.
Rock climbers Ueli Steck,
Simone Moro, and Jonathan
Griffith got into a violent
fight in 2013 with Sherpas
after they ignored orders to
stop climbing Mt Everest,
resulting in a new world
record for the “World’s
Highest Brawl”.
As it is usually more efficient and cheaper than
using machinery for the
job, rock climbers are often
employed to fix or maintain
wind turbines
Rock Climbing officially became a sort in the 1880’s, when adventurer William Perry Haskitt Smith successfully climbed the Napes Needle in the UK.
The Excalibur Tower in
the Dutch city of Groningen is the world’s tallest free-standing climbing wall. It stands 37
meters tall and with an
overhang of 12 metres,
it’s of the hardest you
can climb.
Carabiners and nylon rope were
invented during World War 2, to
support Military climbers on their
mountaineering adventures to infiltrate enemy lines.
Magnesium carbonate –
the chalk used by rock
climbers to coat their
hands for better grip
while climbing – is also
the main ingredient in
toothpaste, and is also
used in taxidermy for
whitening skulls.
The current world record
holder for fastest climb of
Mt. Everest is Pemba Dorje Sherpa with a time of 8
hours and 10 minutes.