There are many factors that pull us into practice climbing, and today we will discuss why is climbing so fun. Everyone is different but climbing in recent years has gained popularity, and now many of our friends want to know how or why is climbing so fun. If you are one of those people that want to know why, then let me as a person that climbs for 2 years now, answer that question.
As a quick answer to “why is climbing so fun”. Climbing is fun because of it gives you the possibility to overcome your limits, develop muscl
es, and lose weight. Those are the main factors and we will try to describe them later in our article so stay with us if that quick answer is not enough for you.If you are afraid of heights there is climbing on lower structures like boulders, and that’s called bouldering. You can do it indoors and many prefer that way because you don’t have to prepare that much for every session, you just grab your climbing shoes and hit the gym. Bouldering routes in general aren’t higher than 5 meters and there is always a mattress on the floor for your safety. You don’t have any climbing gear besides your shoes and chalk… and of course your legs and arms, that’s all. We also have a great article about bouldering so make sure to check it out.
Is climbing a dangerous sport?
As human beings, we should avoid risk as much as possible but, nowadays where we live in a society, and our safe apartments we just don’t have as much of a risk every day as our predecessors did. So our bodies still have something in them, that wants to get some adrenaline, you know like we sometimes want to see a horror movie just to be scared.

It is similar when it comes to climbing, we want to feel some adrenaline, and fight for our lives. Of course, when you climb are 100% protected by climbing gear like ropes and expresses, but still, it is scary to do some movement on a flat wall a few meters above the ground.
People need sometimes that feeling of being scared and climbing is a sport that can give it to you, and there are not that many sports with those features, think of jogging, cycling, or even swimming, those sports don’t have that scarcity factor.
Can climbing make me less afraid of heights?
Many people just live their life day by day, doing their jobs, and home duties, when they don’t have to prove themselves that they’re worth something. How to prove to yourself that you achieved something great with your body? If you do a few kilometers jog will that make you feel that you achieved something? Of course but not every day, you will feel that’s your routine, especially if you do this in the same location every time you jog. That won’t give you that dopamine afterward.
Overcoming your limits in climbing will be done in almost every session. That’s the essence of climbing, to overcome your limits. After