big wall
Large vertical surface
Big wall refers to a style of rock climbing on faces so tall and steep they require multiple days to ascend, with climbers sleeping on portable ledges anchored to the cliff.
The term originated at Yosemite's El Capitan and similar formations: They spent four days on the big wall.
Big wall climbing demands specialized gear and techniques for hauling supplies and surviving vertical exposure.
- climbingAscending by physical effort
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
- YosemiteSierra Nevada national park
- El CapitanYosemite granite formation
- verticalAt right angles groundward
exposure · rope · anchor · crack · pitch · summit · first ascent · free climb · speed climbing · fixed rope · ledge · sheer · towering · massive · immense · fortress · barrier · monolith
- climbingrock climbing, free climbing, belay, bouldering, carabiner
- rock climbingbelay, carabiner, climbing gyms, rappel, bouldering
- rock climbing termscliff face, crag, overhang, slab, crack
climbing route scale/duration
big wallbouldering
Ropeless low-height climbing
top rope · gym climbing · indoor climbing · top-rope · highball