In India, civilian presence in adventure sports like climbing was traditionally inhibited by cost. Rock climbing in India, evolved differently from mountaineering. From the perspective of rescue, civilian rock-climbing matters because notwithstanding difference in terrain tackled and variations to equipment thereby, many of the basic systems of mountaineering and rock climbing are similar. In peninsular India, Maharashtra and Karnataka have produced good rock climbers. Extended monsoon adds to the complexity; it shrinks the region’s potential climbing season as rock climbing needs dry rock.

Source: The Telegraph February 15, 2022 03:14 UTC