What is Climbing route?
A '''climbing route''' is a [[trail]] that a [[mountain climber]] uses to go up a mountain. It is often simply called a ''climb''. Examples : [[:en:D1 (Longs Peak)|D1]] on [[:en:The Diamond (Longs Peak)|The Diamond]] and [[:en:The Nose (El Capitan)|The Nose]] on [[:en:El Capitan|El Capitan]] are climbing routes. The difficulties and lengths of climbing routes (as well as descriptions and photographies) can be found in books called climbing guides. For instance, [[:en:Fifty Classic Climbs of North America]] is a climbing guide that describes climbing routes of North America. [[Category:Mountains]] [[Category:Rock climbing]] [[Category:Trails]] {{sport-stub}}