Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up or across natural rock formations or man-made rock walls. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a pre-defined route.

Rock climbing is similar to scrambling (another activity involving the scaling of hills and similar formations), but climbing is generally differentiated because of the use of hands to support the climber's weight as well as to provide balance.

Rock climbing is a physically and mentally demanding sport, one that often tests a climber's strength, endurance, agility, and balance along with his or her mental control. It can be a dangerous sport and knowledge of proper climbing techniques and usage of specialized climbing equipment is crucial for the safe completion of routes. Because of the wide range and variety of rock formations around the world rock climbing has been separated into several different styles and sub-disciplines that are described below.

While not an olympic event, rock climbing is recognised by the IOC as a sport..More....

Rappling is a quick way to descend a difficult rock by relying 100% on your equipment: harness, gear, anchors, and rope.

It can be invigorating with good instruction, or terrifying if your gear is not set up properly. This is the only time you're completely dependent on the gear, so you need to know all the different ways to safely set up a rappel or trust that your instructor knows how to. At crags or sport routes, most times there will be a top bolt you off of -- again, check the quality of any and all anchors before setting off. Rappelling is the process of coming down from a mountain that is usually done with two pieces of rope. Use ...cCullohs inventions are: 1971 Stationary Platform; 1972 Motorized Platform; 1974 Winchboat; 1985 Skyrider Chair; 1994 Auto Rope Guide ; 1999 Riser Line Assembly The United States Patent and Trademark Office have issued McCulloh the only patents ever granted related to commercial parasailing methods and equipment. One of the highlights of McCulloh’s last invention “the Riser Assembly” inspired NASA’s new X-38 Crew Rescue Vehicle. More....

An ascender is a mechanical device used for ascending on a rope. One such device is a Jumar, named after the Swiss factory which developed the first tool for sale in 1958. The device's name also leads to the term Jumaring for the process of using such a device. Other terms for this process include ascending, prusiking and jugging.

Ascenders offer similar functionality to friction knots, but are stronger, faster, safer and easier to use. An ascender employs a cam which allows the device to slide freely in one direction (usually the intended direction of movement), and provide a firm grip on the rope when pulled on in the opposite direction. To prevent an ascender from accidentally coming off the rope, a locking mechanism or trigger is deployed. The ascender is first attached to the climber's harness by a piece of webbing or sling, and then is clipped onto the rope and locked. For climbing on a fixed rope attached, for example, to snow anchors on a steep slope, only one ascender is used, keeping the other hand free for holding an ice axe.
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Rafting or white water rafting is a challenging recreational activity using an inflatable raft to navigate a river or other bodies of water. This is usually done on white water or different degrees of rough water, in order to thrill and excite the raft passengers. The development of this activity as a leisure sport has become popular since the mid-1970s.

he modern raft is an inflatable boat, consisting of very durable, multi-layered rubberized or vinyl fabrics with several independent air chambers. The length varies between 3.5 m (11 ft) and 6 m (20 ft), the width between 1.8 m (6 ft) and 2.5 m (8 ft). The exception to this size rule is usually the packraft, which is designed as a portable single-person raft and may be as small as 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) long and weigh as little as 4 pounds (1.8 kg).
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Basic Approach : The OBTs are conducted in a manner so as to make the entire experience interesting and enjoyable for the participants. Simultaneously, effort is also made for it to be 'learning and growth process' by way of bringing about behavioural and attitudinal changes in order to inculcate team spirit, give participants the ability to take calculated risks, ovrcome fear and be bold, and imbibe qualities of will power, determination and so on. The 'OBT' Programme consist of soft adventure comprising of Rock Climbing, Rappelling, Artificial Wall climbing and negotiating an obstacle course', recreation and group activities in the form of games, highlighting the various percepts of leadership, cooperation, group dynamics , team building , analysis of problems, optimum utilization of resources and so on. More....

“Availability of opportunity at the door step” is the objective to which National Adventure Foundation, Chapter Odisha adheres to. Hence in house adventure activities have been planed which provides exposure to school children at a tender age to be a part of adventure activities through active participation in the Institution itself where they pursue their academic career. Through these activities the school children are taught to be fearless, tough, and inculcate the spirit of adventure so that they will be able to face the adversities which they may encoder in their life. More....