Rock Climbing

Today, rock climbing has been widely known. Anciently climbing is an activity to find the source of life and even protection, particularly coastal areas. On the cliffs there aresome bird's nest or a spring. But when it does not use standardized systems andprocedures in sports such as rock climbing so the safety factors is number two and the level of risk faced by the climbers are very high.


Rock climbing in the area was first known European continent precisely in the region of the Alps before World War I. In early 1910, country of Austria introduced the use of the equipment used to support activities such as rock climbing carabiners (hooks rings) and pythons (climbing spikes), which at that time still made ​​of steel. And started from where the climbers from Austria and Germany started to develop tools and techniques of this sport. As time progressed sports equipment is a lot of experience of innovation, especially in the materials of manufacture, test the force of its appeal, practicality of use of safety equipment and procedures that have been distandartkan.

Sport of rock climbing in Indonesia itself has been established since 1988 who has an organization which at that time named FPGTI (Federation of Mountain Climbing And Climbing Indonesia) which later changed its name to FPTI (Indonesian Rock Climbing Federation) until today.