| Rock hiking is an exciting and thrilling sport. It is a | | | | to refer to an airplane, a tractor that is used for |
| highly challenging sport and requires a lot of | | | | carrying heavy equipment, and an auto gyro. |
| experience and stamina. Always climbers work in | | | | When Holabird received one of the first few jeep |
| pairs, one climbing and the other belaying. In lead | | | | models for testing, the vehicle was not yet |
| climbing, the belay climber feeds rope to the lead | | | | named. Soldiers present on the project called it |
| climber through a device called belay device. | | | | Jeep and the name remained. |
| This allows the leader to climb up. On his way up | | | | Civil engineers and test drivers who were at the |
| he places bolted hangers, protection, etc. The | | | | camp during this time were not aware of the |
| belay "locks off" the rope to make sure that | | | | military slang. They most likely were well known |
| secured person does not fall from the hold. | | | | with the character Eugene the Jeep and thought |
| Rock climbing is climbing rocks using the various | | | | that Eugene was the origin of the name jeep. |
| rock climbing gears such as harness belay etc. | | | | Other names the vehicle was referred to include |
| However, rock climbing need not be necessarily | | | | Peep and Pygmy, Blitz-Buggy, etc. due to the |
| done by manpower. These days rock climbing | | | | association with Eugene, the name Jeep became |
| using jeeps is very popular and preferred mainly | | | | permanent and was better than any other term. |
| by adventures lovers. This is know as jeep rock | | | | A 4-wheel drive car with a capacity of one and a |
| climbing. | | | | half tons was used for army purposes and also |
| Now a day's Jeeps are used to hike some rough | | | | for investigation. |
| and irregular terrains. For rock climbing purpose, | | | | A term applied to bantam-cars, and infrequently |
| jeeps are specially designed, as they should be | | | | to other types of motor-vehicles in United States |
| very rugged to withstand the worst extreme | | | | of America in the Link Trainer, Air Corps, the 1 |
| cases. Jeep rock climbing has been announced as | | | | 2-ton command car, in the armored forces, etc. |
| an individual sport and this sport is gaining is much | | | | This kind of jeep rock climbing is mainly carried in |
| more popularity these days. | | | | places having some big boulders of rock. The |
| Jeep is a 4-wheeler automobile marquee and | | | | tyres of jeep are specially designed, as they have |
| registered trademark of Chrysler. It is one of the | | | | to climb the rough rock terrains. The tyres are |
| oldest Sports utility vehicles available now, with | | | | broad and are made of vulcanized rubber. The |
| Land Rover coming in a close 2nd. Many people | | | | horsepower of the jeep engines has high horse |
| consider the word jeep as a generic term and | | | | power as they need high power to climb the |
| use it uncapitalised for any vehicle of this shape | | | | rough rock terrains |
| and function. | | | | Muna wa Wanjiru Has Been Researching and |
| The word jeep would eventually be used as slang | | | | Reporting on Rock Climbing for Years. |