Climbing walls is a man made wall that is constructed with grips for hands and feet. This type of wall is for recreation . The walls are constructed from a hard plastic and are very durable. Some walls have grips for hands and feet and some walls have holes drilled inside them so the climber can insert climbing pegs to help them ascend the wall. The walls have places for belays so the harnesses can be attached to the wall for safety.

The creators of the climbing walls have tried to create almost the same experience as it would be to climb an actual rock. The very first climbing wall was constructed in 1964 in the United Kingdom. Unlike in the United States the United Kingdom actually has outdoor climbing wall. Mainly climbing walls can be found in gyms and recreational play areas.

There are some people who use the wall as a practice run before they set out to climb the real thing. Then there are others who are too afraid to climb a real rock so they use the climbing wall to get that same feeling of doing the real thing but they tend to feel safer indoors with a guide and a mat below them. You can still get the thrill from climbing am indoor wall as well as climbing an outdoor wall. Some people use the wall as a means of curing their phobia of heights.