1.   Environmentalists are concerned that rock climbers are wearing the crags away in some places.

2.   Many feature spectacular limestone cliffs of the sort that rock climbers find irresistible.

3.   On this route you will be able to visit the Wasdale Head Inn, a once favourite haunt of rock climbers.

4.   Rock climbers can become very aware of the living nature of their element.

5.   Some crews actually rope cell phones down to high and dry rock climbers to get information.

6.   Beginning rock climbers should choose a less testing route to the summit.

7.   An inquest into the death of rock climber Peter Bowron, of Byerley Road, Shildon, was opened and adjourned to a date to be fixed in Cornwall.

8.   She has been a keen walker and rock climber for many years and has climbed in the Alps, Pyrenees and Dolomites.

9.   An eye-catching ad for the drug indinavir, called Crixivan, in the magazines GQ and Esquire shows a rock climber scaling his way to the top.

10.   Another controversial area is the Bugaboos Spires, a renowned destination for rock climbers and expert skiers in eastern British Columbia.