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Aid Climbing

Aid climbing is when the climber ascends the rock using gear to make progress. This is opposed to free climbing, in which the climber uses gear only for protection. Aid climbing is sometimes synonymous with "big wall" climbing. Most multi-day big wall ascents are aid ascents.

Sites must contain English content. Non-English sites should be submitted to the appropriate World category.

Sites of general aid climbing interest only.

Sites that deal exclusively with a specific geographical area should be submitted in the appropriate Recreation/Climbing/By_Region subcategory.

Sites that deal with other forms of climbing in addition to aid climbing should be submitted to the top level of Recreation/Climbing.

Sites that are primarily about an individual''s aid climbing experiences should be submitted to Recreation/Climbing/Personal_Pages.