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 ...

is the human activity of ascending a steep object with the hands and/or feet. Climbing, Climb or The climb may also refer to:

Apparel and equipment

Climbing harness A climbing harness is a device which allows a climber access to the safety of a rope. It is used in rock and ice climbing, abseiling, and lowering; this is in contrast to other activities requiring ropes for access or safety such as industrial ro ...

Climbing rope A dynamic rope is a specially constructed, somewhat elastic rope used primarily in rock climbing, ice climbing, and mountaineering. This elasticity, or stretch, is the property that makes the rope dynamic—in contrast to a static rope that has ...

Climbing shoe A climbing shoe is a specialized type of footwear designed for rock climbing. Typical climbing shoes have a close fit, little if any padding, and a smooth, sticky rubber sole with an extended rubber . Unsuited to walking and hiking, climbing s ...

* Climbing wall, an artificially constructed wall with grips for hands and feet, usually used for indoor climbing or lead climbing *

Rock-climbing equipment A wide range of equipment is used during rock or any other type of climbing that includes equipment commonly used to protect a climber against the consequences of a fall. Rope, cord and webbing Climbing ropes are typically of kernmantle c ...

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''The Climb'' (1986 film), a drama film starring Bruce Greenwood * ''The Climb'' (1999 film), a drama film starring John Hurt * ''The Climb'' (2002 film), an action film starring Jason George * ''The Climb'' (2007 film), a documentary film starring Laurie Skreslet * ''The Climb'' (2017 film), a French adventure comedy film adapting the story of Nadir Dendoune * ''The Climb'' (2019 film), an American comedy-drama film

Music

*Climb, a Canadian AOR group *''

Climbing! ''Climbing!'' (also known as ''Mountain Climbing!'') is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Mountain, released in 1970 by Windfall Records. Background In 1969, Leslie West recorded his debut solo album, titled ''Mountain'', with ...

'', a 1970 album by Mountain *"Climbing", by the Meat Puppets from ''

Meat Puppets II ''Meat Puppets II'' is the second album by the Phoenix, Arizona band the Meat Puppets, released in 1984. It is a departure from their self-titled debut album, which consisted largely of noisy hardcore with unintelligible vocals. It covers many gen ...

'' * "The Climb" (song), a 2009 song by Miley Cyrus from the soundtrack of ''Hannah Montana: The Movie'' *"The Climb", a song by The Coasters *"The Climb", a 1964 song by

The Kingsmen The Kingsmen are a 1960s rock band from Portland, Oregon, United States. They are best known for their 1963 recording of R&B singer Richard Berry's "Louie Louie", which held the No. 2 spot on the ''Billboard'' charts for six weeks and ha ...

*"The Climb", a song by No Doubt from the album '' Tragic Kingdom'' (1995)

Television

*"Climbing", an episode of the television series ''

Zoboomafoo ''Zoboomafoo'' is a live-action/animated children's television series that originally aired on PBS from January 25, 1999, to June 7, 2001. It was formerly shown in public television (depending on the area) and was regularly shown on Sprout unti ...

'' * "The Climb" (''Arrow''), season 3 episode 9 of The CW's ''Arrow'' * "The Climb" (''Game of Thrones''), season 3 episode 6 of HBO's ''Game of Thrones''

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Climbing'' (magazine) * ''The Climb'' (book), a 1996 non-fiction book by Anatoli Boukreev and G. Weston DeWalt * ''The Climb'' (video game) is a video game in virtual reality, that requires players to climb game environments **''

The Climb 2 ''The Climb 2'' is a virtual reality platform game developed and published by Crytek. As the sequel to '' The Climb'' (2016), the game was released for Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2 on March 4, 2021. In the game, the player needs to climb differ ...

'', a sequel to ''The Climb''

Biology

Arboreal locomotion Arboreal locomotion is the locomotion of animals in trees. In habitats in which trees are present, animals have evolved to move in them. Some animals may scale trees only occasionally, but others are exclusively arboreal. The habitats pose num ...

, animal locomotion while on trees, rocks, mountains, or cliffs *

Climbing salamander Climbing salamanders is the common name for plethodontid (lungless) salamanders of the genus ''Aneides''. It contains 10 species native to North America, distributed between the Pacific Coast (7 species), Sacramento Mountains (1 species), and A ...

Climbing shell vine ''Cochliasanthus caracalla'' is a leguminous flowering plant in the family Fabaceae that originates in tropical South America and Central America. The species is named ''caracalla'', a corruption of the Portuguese caracol, meaning snail. T ...

Climbing shield fern ''Rumohra adiantiformis'', the leather fern or leatherleaf fern,Gilman, E. F''Rumohra adiantiformis''.Fact Sheet FPS-515. University of Florida Cooperative Extension, IFAS. 1999. is a species of fern in the wood fern family Dryopteridaceae. It h ...

* Climbing shrew * Climbing swamp mouse * Climbing vine, any plant with a growth habit of trailing or scandent (that is, climbing) stems, lianas or runners

Sports

Climbing (sport) Sport climbing (or Bolted climbing) is a form of rock climbing that relies on permanent anchors (or bolts), permanently fixed into the rock for climber protection, in which a rope that is attached to the climber is clipped into the anchors to ...

, or sport climbing **

Free climbing Free climbing is a form of rock climbing in which the climber may use climbing equipment such as ropes and other means of climbing protection, but only to protect against injury during falls and not to assist vertical or horizontal progress. Th ...

Indoor climbing A climbing wall is an artificially constructed wall with grips for hands and feet, usually used for indoor climbing, but sometimes located outdoors. Some are brick or wooden constructions, but on most modern walls, the material most often used i ...

** Lead climbing **

Mountain-climbing Mountaineering or alpinism, is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending tall mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas. Indoor climbing, sport climbing, an ...

Rock climbing Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up, across, or down natural rock formations. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a usually pre-defined route without falling. Rock climbing is a physically and ...

** Solo climbing **

Traditional climbing Traditional climbing (or Trad climbing) is a style of rock climbing in which the climber places all the necessary protection gear required to arrest any falls as they are climbing, and then removes it when the pitch is complete (often done ...

Climbing competition A climbing competition (or comp) is usually held indoors on purpose built climbing walls. There are three main types of climbing competition: lead, speed, and bouldering. In lead climbing, the competitors start at the bottom of a route and must ...

* Climbing specialist, a racing cyclist who is especially competitive on hills

Other uses

* Climb (aeronautics), an aviation term :*

Step climb A step climb in aviation is a series of altitude gains that improve fuel economy by moving into thinner air as an aircraft becomes lighter and becomes capable of flying in the thinner air at a higher altitude. Description Since the early days of ...

Top of climb In aviation, the top of climb, also referred to as the TOC or T/C, is the computed transition from the climb phase of a flight to the cruise phase, the point at which the planned climb to cruise altitude is completed. The top of climb is usually ...

Dislocation climb In materials science, a dislocation or Taylor's dislocation is a linear crystallographic defect or irregularity within a crystal structure that contains an abrupt change in the arrangement of atoms. The movement of dislocations allow atoms to sl ...

, a materials science term *

Social climbing A ''parvenu'' is a person who is a relative newcomer to a high-ranking socioeconomic class. The word is borrowed from the French language; it is the past participle of the verb ''parvenir'' (to reach, to arrive, to manage to do something). Origi ...