Highball boulders are pretty unsafe if you fall near the top. This is why climbers will top rope to figure out all the moves first. This might be true of short outdoor boulders as well just to save effort.
Then there are multi story bouldering walls where you fall onto a ramp. This type of wall will be taller than some rope walls.
One of the most common climbing questions we are asked
Bouldering is a style of climbing free from the use of ropes. Taking place above our state-of-the-art matting, climbers are free to express themselves on hundreds of climbs (called problems) for all abilities.
Feel free to check out their website to see if you notice any regional differences.
Highball boulders are pretty unsafe if you fall near the top. This is why climbers will top rope to figure out all the moves first. This might be true of short outdoor boulders as well just to save effort.
Then there are multi story bouldering walls where you fall onto a ramp. This type of wall will be taller than some rope walls.
Interesting. It seems definitions are never static and evolve, particularly as a sport becomes more mainstream.
Yeah that’s why I wonder if there are regional differences. E.g sport vs lead climbing.
This is how my gym describes bouldering
What is bouldering?
One of the most common climbing questions we are asked
Bouldering is a style of climbing free from the use of ropes. Taking place above our state-of-the-art matting, climbers are free to express themselves on hundreds of climbs (called problems) for all abilities.
Feel free to check out their website to see if you notice any regional differences.
Depot Climbing