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Climbing Rock
A climbing rock (german: Kletterfelsen; regionally also ''Kletterfels'' or '' Klettergipfel'') is a term used especially in Germany for an individual rock formation, rock face or rock group on which climbing is permitted. Designated climbing rocks are listed in climbing guidebooks and are usually incorporated and marked within the climbing areas of the alpine clubs. The concept is mainly relevant to climbing outside or on the fringes of the Alps. Special climbing regulations normally apply to climbing rocks, such as those for Saxon Switzerland, and there are usually restrictions to take account of conservation laws and requirements. {{webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424231154/http://www.alpenverein-bw.de/klettern/leitbild.html , date=2012-04-24 Exa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falkenstein
Falkenstein or Falckenstein ("falcons' stone" in German) may refer to: Places Austria * Falkenstein, Lower Austria, a market town in the district of Mistelbach Germany * Falkenstein, Bavaria, a market town in the district of Cham * Falkenstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, a municipality in Donnersbergkreis * Falkenstein, Saxony, a town in Vogtlandkreis * Falkenstein, Saxony-Anhalt, a town in Harz district * Falkenstein (Thuringia), a rock formation near Tambach-Dietharz in the Thuringian Forest * Falkenstein, Königstein im Taunus, a small town north of Frankfurt am Main * Großer Falkenstein, a mountain in the Bavarian Forest Castles Austria * Falkenstein Castle (Lower Austria), a medieval ruin north of Vienna * Falkenstein Castle (Niederfalkenstein), a preserved medieval castle in Carinthia * Burgruine Falkenstein (Oberfalkenstein), a neighbouring ruined medieval castle in Carinthia Czech Republic * Falkenštejn Castle, a peak and medieval castle in Bohemian Switzerla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klettergipfel
A climbing peak (german: Klettergipfel) may refer to a mountain or hill peak or a rock formation that has to be ascended by climbing Climbing is the activity of using one's hands, feet, or any other part of the body to ascend a steep topographical object that can range from the world's tallest mountains (e.g. the eight thousanders), to small boulders. Climbing is done fo .... The term is common in Germany where it is specifically used of free-standing rock formations in the climbing regions of Saxon Switzerland climbing region, Saxon Switzerland, Zittau Mountain climbing region, Zittau Mountains and other nearby ranges in the German Central Uplands that can only be summitted via climbing routes of at least climbing grade, grade I on the UIAA scale or by jumping from nearby rocks or massifs. As a general rule, they must have a topographic prominence of at least 10 metres to qualify. In Saxon Switzerland the Saxon Climbing Regulations do not require any minimum height, bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Climbing
Climbing is the activity of using one's hands, feet, or any other part of the body to ascend a steep topographical object that can range from the world's tallest mountains (e.g. the eight thousanders), to small boulders. Climbing is done for locomotion, sporting recreation, and for competition, and is also done in trades that rely on ascension; such as emergency rescue and military operations. Climbing is done indoors and outdoors and on natural (e.g. rock and ice) and artificial surfaces. Professional mountain guides or rock climbing guides (e.g. the UIAGM), were a significant element in developing the popularity of the sport in the natural environment, and remain so today. Since the 1980s, the development of competition climbing and the availability of artificial climbing walls have dramatically increased the popularity of rock climbing as a sport and led to the emergence of professional rock climbers, such as Wolfgang Güllich, Chris Sharma, Lynn Hill and Catherine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Climbing Guidebook
Climbing guidebooks are used by rock climbers to find the location of climbing routes at crags or on mountains. Many guidebooks also offer condensed information about local restaurants, bars and camping areas; often include sections on geology and local climbing history; and may contain many pictures to inspire climbers. Guidebooks may range in size from pamphlets detailing dozens of routes up to tomes that document thousands of routes. The library of the American Alpine Club contains over 20,000 books and videos, a majority of which are such guidebooks. In the Alps the Alpine Club Guide series is very comprehensive. Route descriptions Guidebooks can indicate locations by verbal descriptions (for example" ''start in the third left-facing corner below the large, orange roof, left of the route "Something Interesting"''). Starting in the 1980s, a diagram-style was developed, with the detailed diagrams of the routes, called "topos" (probably from French). Route descriptions typically ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Climbing Area
A climbing area is a small geographical region with a concentration of opportunities for climbing. The term is most commonly used of rock climbing areas, but there are also ice climbing areas that have the right combination of steepness and water to result in climbable ice during the winter. While there are many mountains and cliffs in the world, only a small percentage are popular for climbing. Mountain ranges are frequently at high elevations, remote, and tend to have poor weather much of the time, which means that the climber spends more time hiking, camping, and battling the elements than actually climbing. At the opposite end of the scale, many cliffs are too small or the rock is too unstable to make for an enjoyable and safe experience. Characteristics An ideal climbing area has these qualities: * Close to an access road * Large number of different routes * Solid and stable rock * Safe descent routes * Good weather * Free access * Uncrowded Development of a climbing ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpine Club
The first alpine club, the Alpine Club, based in the United Kingdom, was founded in London in 1857 as a gentlemen's club. It was once described as: :"a club of English gentlemen devoted to mountaineering, first of all in the Alps, members of which have successfully addressed themselves to attempts of the kind on loftier mountains" ('' Nuttall Encyclopaedia'', 1907). Alpine clubs are typically large social clubs that revolve around climbing, hiking, and other outdoor activities. Many alpine clubs also take on aspects typically reserved for local sport associations, providing education and training courses, services for outdoorsmen, and de facto regulation of local mountaineering resources and behavior of mountaineers. Most clubs organize social events, schedule outings, stage climbing competitions, operate alpine huts and paths, and are active in protecting the alpine environment. With around 1,000,000 members the German Alpine Club is usually reckoned as the largest alpine club i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saxon Climbing Regulations
Saxon Switzerland (german: Sächsische Schweiz) is the largest and one of the best-known climbing regions in Germany, located in the Free State of Saxony. The region is largely coterminous with the natural region of the same name, Saxon Switzerland, but extends well beyond the territory of the National Park within it. It includes the western part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains and is the oldest non-Alpine climbing region in Germany. Its history of climbing dates back to the first ascent in modern times of the Falkenstein by Bad Schandau gymnasts in 1864. Currently, there are over 1,100 summits with more than 17,000 climbing routes in the Saxon Switzerland area. Climbing in Saxon Switzerland Climbing in Saxon Switzerland is characterized by a strong traditional climbing ethic and a number of peculiarities rarely found in other climbing regions, or at least not to the same extent. An exception are Czech sandstone climbing regions, where similar rules apply. Climbers must observ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saxon Switzerland
Saxon Switzerland (german: Sächsische Schweiz) is a hilly climbing area and national park around the Elbe valley south-east of Dresden in Saxony, Germany. Together with the Bohemian Switzerland in the Czech Republic it forms the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. Saxon Switzerland alone has some 1,000 climbing peaks, as well as several hollows. The area is popular with local and international climbers. The administrative district for the area is Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge. The fortress of Königstein is a well-known landmark. Etymology The German name for Saxon Switzerland, ''Sächsische Schweiz'', appeared in the 18th century. Two Swiss artists, Adrian Zingg and Anton Graff, were appointed in 1766 to the Dresden Academy of Art. They felt the landscape was reminiscent of their homeland, the Swiss Jura, and reported in their exchange of letters on the difference between their homeland and "Saxon Switzerland". Previously, the Saxon part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpawand
The Alpawand (1,671 m) is the tallest rock face on the northwestern side of the Reiter Alps with height of over 600 m. It is particularly interesting to climbers; although the summit itself is an unimposing rise, covered in Mountain Pine, on an extension of the Großes Häuselhorn. In the central section of the face there are several classic Alpine climbing routes, that are rarely attempted. On the left-hand side there have been several worthwhile Alpine sports climbing routes, established in 2002, that have rapidly become popular. The first and best-known of these routes is the Water Symphony (''Wassersymphonie''). It was first climbed in September 1951 by Toni Dürnberger, Sepp Schmiderer and Hans Herbst.''Die Alpa-Nordwand ist bezwungen! – Drei junge Salzburger Bergsteiger vollbrachten eine alpine Großtat.'' In: Salzburger Nachrichten The ''Salzburger Nachrichten'' is a German language daily newspaper published in Salzburg, Austria. It has been in circulation si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metres
The metre (British spelling) or meter (American spelling; see spelling differences) (from the French unit , from the Greek noun , "measure"), symbol m, is the primary unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), though its prefixed forms are also used relatively frequently. The metre was originally defined in 1793 as one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole along a great circle, so the Earth's circumference is approximately km. In 1799, the metre was redefined in terms of a prototype metre bar (the actual bar used was changed in 1889). In 1960, the metre was redefined in terms of a certain number of wavelengths of a certain emission line of krypton-86. The current definition was adopted in 1983 and modified slightly in 2002 to clarify that the metre is a measure of proper length. From 1983 until 2019, the metre was formally defined as the length of the path travelled by light in a vacuum in of a second. After the 2019 redefinit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asselstein
The Asselstein is a rock pinnacle or tower near the village of Annweiler am Trifels in the Southern Palatinate in western Germany. The road from Annweiler to Trifels runs close by the Asselstein. Not far east of the rock is the Asselstein Climbing Hut. The roughly 60 metre tall and over 10 metre wide rock tower is 58 metres high at its highest point and consists of rocks from the Lower Bunter Sandstone (''Trifels beds''). The Asselstein was first climbed in June 1860. With almost 80 routes, e. g. ''Normalweg'' IV−, ''Westwand'' V−, ''Rolfkamin'' VI- and ''Ostwand'' V (UIAA climbing grades In rock climbing, mountaineering, and other climbing disciplines, climbers give a grade to a climbing route or boulder problem, intended to describe concisely the difficulty and danger of climbing it. Different types of climbing (such as spo ...) it is one of the major climbing destinations in the South Palatinate Climbing Area. The most difficult route is UIAA grade 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falkenstein (Sächsische Schweiz)
The Falkenstein is one of the best-known climbing peaks in Saxon Switzerland. It is situated near the rocky Schrammsteine ridge southeast of the town of Bad Schandau. The Falkenstein is nearly 90 m high and consists of sandstone. In the Middle Ages there were fortifications on top of the rock. Even today, the steps carved into the rock are still visible. History The Falkenstein was probably built on and used as a castle lookout from the middle of the 14th century. Like almost all of Saxon Switzerland on the right bank of the Elbe, it belonged to the Barony of Hohnstein with its seat at Hohnstein Castle, which was given to the Bohemian noble family of Berka von Dubá in 1353 by Emperor Charles IV as a Bohemian fiefdom.Hans Pankotsch: ''Der Falkenstein, Aus der Geschichte eines Kletterfelsens in der Sächsischen Schweiz'', Zittau 2001, p. 11. In 1409 Hinko von der Duba divided the territory among his five sons. The Falkenstein went to his son Henry as part of the new Barony of Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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