{"id":31477,"date":"2010-10-01T11:47:16","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T16:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=31477"},"modified":"2010-10-01T11:49:45","modified_gmt":"2010-10-01T16:49:45","slug":"the-best-places-to-rock-climb-in-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/the-best-places-to-rock-climb-in-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Places to Rock Climb In The U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"The Best Places to Rock Climb in the U.S.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/the-best-places-to-rock-climb-in-the-u-s\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-31827\" title=\"rock climbing\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/rock-climbing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a>Rock climbing is a sport that involves climbing natural rock formations\u00a0with the goal of\u00a0reaching the summit, peak, or endpoint. Rock climbing has become more popular over the years, but several people shy away due to the danger. Thus, artificial rock climbing walls\u00a0in fitness facilities\u00a0has become more popular as well.<\/p>\n<p>These artificial walls provide the climber with similar characteristics of natural rock climbing, but take away the danger aspect.\u00a0Rock climbing is a great way to\u00a0improve your overall muscular strength and endurance and it will definitely help you overcome your fear of heights.\u00a0Below are a few of the benefits of rock climbing and\u00a0best rock climbing places in the nation. Stay safe and good luck!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benefits Of Rock Climbing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improve <a title=\"Stability Ball Routine for the Upper Body\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/videos\/stability-ball-routine-for-your-upper-body\/\" target=\"_self\">upper body<\/a> strength and endurance<\/li>\n<li>Improve lower body strength and endurance<!--more--><\/li>\n<li>Improve <a title=\"Getting to Know the Core\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/getting-to-know-the-core\/\" target=\"_self\">core<\/a> strength and endurance<\/li>\n<li>Improve self confidence<\/li>\n<li>Provides body with a rush<\/li>\n<li>Improve team work skills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Rock Climbing Places In The Nation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nutcracker at Yosemite, California<\/strong>: This climb takes\u00a0around two to four hours with an overall\u00a0height of over 600 feet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Grand Canyon, Arizona:<\/strong> A must do for the novice or expert\u00a0rock climber.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ellingwood Arete, <a title=\"Best Gyms in Denver\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/best-gyms-in-denver\/\" target=\"_self\">Colorado<\/a>:<\/strong> This spot offers a great combination of rock and mountain climbing with a summit of over 14,000 feet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Disappointment Cleaver\/Ingraham Glacier Route, Washington:<\/strong> This climb takes around six to ten hours and requires ice climbing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mount McKinley, Alaska:<\/strong> One of the hardest and dangerous climbs in the world with a summit over 20,000 feet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Breakneck Ridge, Pennsylvania:<\/strong> Perfect for the novice climber, this area offers over five miles of challenging rock climbing with an elevation of just over 1,200 feet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What&#8217;s your favorite rock climbing spot in the U.S.?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rock climbing is a sport that involves climbing natural rock formations\u00a0with the goal of\u00a0reaching the summit, peak, or endpoint. Rock climbing has become more popular over the years, but several people shy away due to the danger. Thus, artificial rock &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/the-best-places-to-rock-climb-in-the-u-s\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[4556,4555,10903,4554,4557,4552,4551,1478,4553],"class_list":["post-31477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness","tag-disappointment-cleaveringraham-glacier","tag-ellingwood-arete","tag-fitness","tag-grand-canyon","tag-mount-mckinley","tag-nutcracker","tag-rock-climbing","tag-travel","tag-yosemite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31477"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31825,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31477\/revisions\/31825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}