If you’re looking to transition from indoor climbing gyms to the wide world of outdoor rock climbing, you’ll be faced with several options. There are ways to keep things minimal, without the need for climbing gear and ropes. You could invest in a crashpad and enter the world of technical bouldering. You could seek out deepwater soloing venues, using the water as your safety net. Or, you could get into scrambling, free climbing easy routes at around the 5.1 (US) grade.
However, when it comes to roped outdoor climbing on larger, technical crags, walls and cliffs, there are two main disciplines: trad climbing and sport climbing. So, what’s more difficult, sport climbing or trad climbing?
