* Shows you how to get started with sport climbing, or push your skills further than you thought they could go
* Sport climbing is a fun, accessible aspect of climbing that many people can participate in
> Sport climbers often project a route that tests their physical limits in hopes of an eventual completion, regardless of the number of attempts. Succeeding requires a solid understanding of belaying and other climbing techniques that are used in various climbing disciplines, but are detailed here specifically for sport climbing.
ANDREW BISHARAT is the senior editor of Rock and Ice magazine, for which he writes the wildly popular column "Tuesday Night Bouldering," an irreverent, humorous riff on climbing and its fringe players that is often provocative and occasionally profound. Bisharat also writes the column's shoot-off, the TNB eBlast, which is a weekly 800-word e-mail column that is sent to 10,000 faithful readers and has been growing over the last year. During his tenure at the magazine, he has written articles of all typesa "news stories, Q&A's, gear reviews, how-to guides (such as on how to safely maneuver avalanche terrain) and full-length features.
Bisharat is an experienced climber who has redpointed up to 5.13+ sport routes, onsighted 5.11 trad, climbed WI 5 and M9+, climbed El Cap in a day, and made alpine-style ascents of technical peaks worldwide.