6th Asian Beach Games sport climbing event begins

The ever-popular sport climbing event kicks off at the Tianya Haijiao Venue Cluster.

Sport climbing is a discipline where athletes ascend natural or artificial rock walls. Speed climbing, which evolved from mountaineering and military training, has developed into a thrilling modern sport.

The players grip the surface with their fingertips, their postures as steadfast as pine trees. Each maneuver is like the blooming of a kapok flower — undaunted by heights, always reaching for the sky.

This is the essence gifted to the brave by the island: The steeper the climb, the more determined the ascent.