GB 19079.4-2025Operation conditions and technical requirements for gymnasium and playground - Part 4: Sport climbing venue (English PDF)

3 Terms and definitions

4 Qualification of the personnel

5 Requirements on the site, facilities and equipment

6 Environmental management requirements

7 Safety assurance

Foreword

This document is drafted in accordance with the rules given in GB/T 1.1-2020 Directives for standardization - Part 1: Rules for the structure and drafting of standardizing documents.

This document is Part 4 of GB(/T) 19079 Operation conditions and technical requirements for gymnasium and playground. The following parts of GB(/T) 19079 have been published:

- Part 1: Swimming venue;

- Part 2: Kart venue;

- Part 3: Bungee jump venue;

- Part 4: Sport climbing venue;

- Part 5: Roller skating venue;

- Part 6: Skiing venue;

- Part 7: Figure skating venue;

- Part 8: Shooting venue;

- Part 9: Archery venue;

- Part 10: Diving venue;

- Part 11: Rafting venue;

- Part 12: Paragliding venue;

- Part 13: Balloon and airship venue;

- Part 19: Outward bound training venue;

- Part 20: Ice hockey venue;

- Part 21: Boxing venue;

- Part 22: Taekwondo venue;

- Part 23: Trampoline venue;

- Part 24: Sport aircraft venue;

- Part 25: Parachuting venue;

- Part 26: Aeromodelling and space modelling venue;

- Part 27: Orienteering and radio direction finding venue;

- Part 28: Wushu sanda venue;

- Part 29: Ice climbing venue;

- Part 30: Mountain outdoor venue;

- Part 31: Alpine expedition venue;

- Part 32: Football venue.

This document replaces GB 19079.4-2014 Operation conditions and technical requirements for gymnasium and playground - Part 4: Rock climbing venue. Compared with GB 19079.4-2014, apart from structural adjustments and editorial changes, the main technical changes are as follows:

a) the requirements for the qualifications of personnel have been changed (see Clause 4; Clause 4 of the 2014 edition);

b) the requirements for the design and installation of climbing walls have been changed (see 5.1.1; 5.1.1 of the 2014 edition);

c) the requirement for the effective vertical height of bouldering walls has been changed (see 5.1.2; 5.1.8 of the 2014 edition);

d) the requirement for the width of climbing routes has been deleted (see 5.1.2 of the 2014 edition);

e) a test method for the load-bearing capacity of climbing walls has been added (see 5.1.3);

f) requirements for installing protection bolt hangers for lead climbing have been added (see 5.1.4);

g) the requirements for protection bolt hangers have been changed (see 5.1.5 and 5.2.2; 5.1.4 of the 2014 edition);

h) the static load and dynamic load requirements for wall panels have been deleted (5.1.5 and 5.1.6 of the 2014 edition);

i) a test requirement for the impact resistance of wall panels has been added (see 5.1.6);

j) a test method for the axial tensile resistance of screw holes (hold holes) has been added (see 5.1.7);

k) requirements for edges, corners and gaps on the climbing wall surface have been added (see 5.1.8);

l) a requirement for the number of protection points of top-rope protection systems on natural rock walls has been added (see 5.2.3);

m) the requirements for protection ropes and safety equipment have been changed (see 5.3.1 and 5.3.2; 5.3.1 and 5.3.2 of the 2014 edition);

n) the safety equipment required for different types of climbing disciplines has been added (see 5.3.3, 5.3.4, 5.3.5 and 5.3.6);

o) requirements for the entrance layout plan, fire evacuation plan, directional signs and functional area signs of climbing venues have been added (see 5.4.2, 5.4.4 and 5.4.7);

p) requirements for night-time lighting and the method for measuring it have been added (see 6.2);

q) the requirements for safety assurance rules and measures and for emergency plans have been changed (see 7.1 and 7.2; 7.1 and 7.2 of the 2014 edition);

r) a requirement for the public display of basic information and rules has been added (see 7.3);

s) requirements for storage labelling of climbing equipment and for safety measures while the venue is not open have been added (see 7.5 and 7.9);

t) requirements for regular inspection of fire protection, electrical circuits, gas lines and the mounting structures of wall panels have been added (see 7.10 and 7.11);

u) requirements for monitoring measures have been added (see 7.12);

v) a requirement for the venue to take out public liability insurance has been added (see 7.13).

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. The issuing body of this document shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document was proposed by, and is under the jurisdiction of, the General Administration of Sport of China.

This document was first published in 2005 as GB 19079.4-2005; it was first revised in 2014; this is the second revision.