Mountain climbing can be an exhilarating and rewarding sport. What used to be a simple activity of getting to the mountain top has now become a great challenge, or an obsession to most nature trippers, as well as to a number of sports enthusiasts. It has become a sports craze for a lot of people all over the world. While others do it as an engaging diversion from the rigors of daily work and home routines, those who are obsessed with it are compelled to master one discipline of mountain climbing to another. There’s just no stopping them in their pursuit of skill and mastery.
Many people think that falling is the biggest danger, especially if one has not tried climbing before. While it is true that falling is a risk, the availability of modern climbing equipments and gadgets make falling one of the least likely accidents to happen.
In fact, more mountain climbers are prone to common injuries such as pulled muscle, sprain, strain, hip and back pain. Some even die, either due to these injuries or caused by climbing-related and weather-related accidents such as avalanches which happen in most mountain ranges. These can be avoided by strengthening the muscles as...