If you want to move from indoor climbing gyms to the wide world of outdoor climbing, you’ll be faced with several options. There are ways to keep things minimal, without the need for climbing gear or ropes. You could invest in a crashpad and enter the world of technical blocks. You can look for deep water solo sites, using the water as a safety net. Or, you can tackle easy free climbing and scrambling routes of around 5.1 (US).

However, when it comes to outdoor rope climbing on larger, more technical rocks, walls and cliffs, there are two main disciplines: trad climbing and sport climbing. So, which is more difficult, sport climbing or trad climbing?